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(1887-1898)
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1889. Phonograph - North American Phonograph Company -
General (D-89-62)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the North American Phonograph Co. Included are documents
concerning stock transactions, the relationship of the company to the Edison
Phonograph Works and subsidiary phonograph companies, and the advertising
and distribution of phonographs and cylinder recordings. Among the
correspondents are Jesse H. Lippincott, president of the company, and Thomas
R. Lombard, vice president.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal
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Office of Jesse H, Lippincott,
Sole Licensee of The American Graphophone Co.
160-164 Broadway, New York,
Jamiary, 16, 1889.
Referring to the enclosed circulars respecting the
Phonograph and Phonograph-Graphophone, and the
North American Phonograph Company, in which, as
the “ Parent Company,” are concentrated all the patent
rights for the lease or sale of these instruments and
their accessories, I hereby offer for sale 5,000 full-paid
Shares, of $100 each, of the North American Phonograph
Company, at the price of $75 per Share.
I have deposited these Shares with the Transfer
Agents of the Company, Messrs. Winslow, Lanier & Co.,
17 Nassau Street, New York, and have authorized them
until January 26th, 1889, to receive payment therefor on
my account, in the order of application, when accompanied
by a deposit of $10 per Share, and to deliver the Shares
so subscribed for upon payment of the remaining $65
per Share, on or before February 5th, 1889,
If any further particulars are desired, application
should be made to the undersigned,
JESSE H. Lippincott.
©HE noI^iPH ^MBI^IGAN ©HOMOGf^APH @0.,
AND (3bSSB P7. LCIPPINGOTIP, SODB LCIGBNSEB OB IPHE
flMEI^IGAN GF^APHOPHONB @0.,
^^"794°OHN^''’''’ I60,162&I64 Broadway,
p. o. BOX 2602. . . ..i(!aE.eh,....6.th., _
James B.Metcalf ,Esq. ,
Nev/ York City.
Dear Siri--
We are assured from the gentlemen in charge of the Phonog¬
raph and Graphophone factories respectively jthat the regular shipment
of machines will commence by the first of next week at the latest. It
is to be hoped that tlieir expectations may be released and I beg to
assure you that everything possible is being done at this office to
expedite the delivery of machines. I remain sir,
Yours
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AND 5bssb I7. liippiNGornm, Sole Lcigbnsbb op whb
^MBI^IGAN Gr^APHOPHONB @0.,
’^^»794°ohn'^’‘'‘'’ '®°’ Broadway,
. May....22nd..., . 9,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
OrangSjN. J,
Dear Sir:-
I am very much obliged for the selection -of musical
cylinders you so kindly sent me the other day. They are very fine
indeed and you have my sincere thanks for your kind remembrance.
Yours very truly.
' Office OF"
^ftijEliSTH j^MERICAN PHONOGRAPH COMPANY, ' ’ '■
MP JESSE H. LIPPINCOTT, SOLE LICENSEE OF THE
AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
No. 1. NEW York, May 28th, 1889.
PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES
■ Phonograph f. o. b. Edison Phonograph Works, Orange, N. J.
Cost
Sub°Co.
Se„,„,P^ce
the Public.
Phonogram Blanks (each), in bbls. of 150,
$0.11
$0.15
Musical Phonograms, in^^^mes of 6 and 12
(ASSORTED), EACH,
.45
7^c>o
Battery, Complete, with Cord, -
5.50
1.2b
; ' Cord Alone, ■ -
; Chromic Acid, in Original Packages of about
.95
1.20
200 LBS. - : - - • - '
.23
.30
1 Packed in Jars, about 30 or 60 lbs. - -
.27
.34
r Zincs for Edison Battery, - -
.24
.30
phonograph-graphophone supplies
j F.O.B. manufactory AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE CO., BRIDGEPORT, conn.
6 IN, cylinders per BOX (15 IN EACH), -
$0.45
20 jc
/
$0.45
" SUB COMPANIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADD THE COST OF FREIGHT T
'■ AT WHICH THEY ARE TO SELL TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY SO DESIRE.
0 THE PRICES
• ■ . THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER DDE NOTICE. |
Company to ask your official anavrer to this question.
Is there any liability, and, if so, to what amount, by
our Sub Company to the Parent Company for machines either
lost or destroyed, either by fire, or theft, or accident?
Supposing, for example, a customer removes to Canada, or
to Calcutta, and takes the instrument with him and we never
again get trawe of either customer or instrument, what do you
claim from iis in the premises?
j^Supposing, again, that by accident a machine is utterly
destroyed, as for example, by a fall upon it^of plaster
from the ceiling, or a fall upon it of some other hea^^
subsfance totally destructive and wholly unpreventable , v/hat
is our liability to you in the premises.^
3N & LEWIS
.yl:^ii> Jime S5t.iiji«aOf '
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Eear Sir;
to your esteemed i'avor^of ^^”213? insf^* • Replying
.v/hich are now being made, and which vnii*aQ the paymgits
Of the indebtedness Sf tAe Ta/K Co" ?o t^if ®
are made by means of Mr iiTmincni + ° ’ Mison Phono. Works,
5r:SHn-~4^^^
S“S=£™~“s~^^
Awaiting your fiirther favors, I remain.
©HE nor^iPH flMBr^IGAN l^HONOGI^APH ©O.,
AND elESSB T}. LflPPINGOHlip, SOLiB IXIGENSBB OP IUHE
^MBF^IGAN (aP^APHOPHONB @0.,
'^^«7e4°oHN."‘'‘'' '®°’ '®2 & 164 Broadway,
BOX 2602. _ JlJTIft R7. _ y/gfi
A« L. Xaylor, Esq«, Xreas«,
257 Fifth Ave., City,
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your favor of the 23rd, we bejs leave to say
that by reference to the 5th clause of your license you ^vill see
that the questions as to the destruction of na chines by fire or
other accident beyond your . control are answered.
As to the question b;f‘tKeft7"we'-e that the local oon>-
panies vfill thorou^ly satisfy themselves as to the responsibility
of the people ivith whom they intend to do business before the de“
livery of nachines, and that they will not make leases with parties
who woiad be liable to run away vrith our property. Should a
theft of a machine occur, the chances of Tdiioh are, to think,
extremely remote, we vrould expect the local ccnpany to reimburse
us to the extent of the cost of the machine'.
Very truly jours.
' Office of ■■
•’ North American Phonograph 'Company ,
160 - 164 Broadway,
New York, July 1, 1889,
Dear Mr. ‘Edison,
In reply to your favor of the S9th in regard to
sending phonographs to Canada, I beg leave to inform you that I
have declined this request. ',' AA. we are not perfectly sure of the
gro'und over there, we thought it was better to da that than to take
any risk.
Very trtily yours.
Xo
Xhomas A. ^ison. Esq.
THE NORTH AMERICAN PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,
MD JESSE H, LIPPINCOTT, SOLE LICENSEE OF THE
AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
No. 2. ' NEW YORK, JULY 1ST, 1889,
PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES.
Phonogram Box for 12 blanks, with Drawer and Two Locks, each, $2.25
Inspector's Case, complete, - - - - . ... 2.50
RuBBEk Stamp FOR Phonograph, WITH ..Pad, - . . ,22
Rubber Stamp for phonograph-Graphophone, with Pad, - . .22
Tin Horn, 14" - ...... . 50
Nickel-Plated Horn, 12" . 1,40
Mailing Box for Phonograph-Graphophone
Cylinders, 6", per 100, 3.75
■ “ “ “ 4”, “ 3.00
2", “ 2.25
PUMPELLY STORAGE BATTERY, F. 0, B„ AT PLYMOUTH, INDIANA,
AS FOLLOWS:
TYPE. ampere hours. WEIGHT.
23 P. 240 32 Lbs.
U?,P. 190 27 Lbs.
"19 P.C. ^ 150 • 22 Lbs.
THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER DUE NOTICE.
PRICE TO CO'S.
$11.50
'10.50
9.50
©HB nor^iPH ^MBP^IGAN ^HONOGI^APH @0.,
AND (3bSSB F?. LXIPPINGOmW, SODB LCIGBNSBB OP IPHB
flMEf^IGAN Gi^APHOPHONB (§0.,
TELEPHONE CALL, 180, 162 & IB 4- Broadway,
The Now Jersey Phonograph Co.,
758 Broad St.,
Newark N.J.
fientlanen:-
Prom the orders that we have received from the various
oonpanieSjWe find it is necessary to call the attention of each
company to the fact that the supplies for the, machines are packed
as follows:-
Graphophone Cylinders, 15 in a box, 30 boxes in a orate. The d
and 8" cylinders are packed in- boxes of 15 each, that is to say
flftedn 4" and fifteen 8" with a mandrel to use with same, which
will be found in one of the corner cylinders of each box. These
like the rest are packed in crates of 80 boxes each.
Phonogram blanks are packed in barrels of 150 each. Whenever
they are ordered in less quantity them that, we will have to charge
you for the packing and boxing, the same as we are charged by the
Edison Phonograph Works.
In ordering batteries you should distinctly . say what is wanted
whether it is the Edison, Mo. 1,100 hour battery, or the old style
Edison bi-cromate battery, or Pumpelly Storage Battery, then there
will be no confusion and wo will be able to fill your orders in¬
telligently.
In ordering horns and other things, pi ease refer to our price
list for terms and styles, so that we will -understand what you wqit.
Vie sometimes get confused by parties ordering 30 inch horns when
they mean 36, or 18 inch horns when they mean 14.
, A little care in this ordering business and by being careful
■to make out your orders on a separate^^ sheet of paper and not embody
them in your letters, will very much^^'^cilitate our getting your
goods sent to you quickly and you getting what you want.
Yours very truly,
THE NORTH AMERICAN PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
©HE RoI^WH flMBF^IGAN ^HONOGP^APH (sO.,
AND ^BSSB Y). lilPPINGOiPW, SOLB liIGBNSBB OP IPHE
pMEF^IGAN (aP^APHOPHONB ©0.,
TELEPHONE CALL,
16 0, 162 & 164 Broadway,
..Auguat....Ia.t,...., -
The New Jersey Phonograph Co.,
738 Broad Street,
Newark N.J.
Gentlemen:-
We would suggest for your consideration the advisabil¬
ity of making an effort to introduce into all the business schools
and colleges, the Phonograph and Phonograph- Graphophone for the
purpose of giving instruction to the students.
It would facilitate the introduction of these machines if
typewriters were generally instructed in the care and management
of them.
Rome of our. Sub-Companies have already taken steps in that
direction, and are meeting great success, and in one city in the West
the machine has been introduced in the college where heretofore
shorthand was taught. The Principal of the college stating that
it was unnecessary to teach shorthand any longer with these mach¬
ines coming into, competition.
We do not think there could be any step taken that vrould be
more important to the introduction of the machines, than to have
the typewriters educated to use it, as business men would be more
apt to rent machines, if they found that expert typewiters were
familiar with its use.
Yours very truly.
THE NORK
lAPH COMPANY
“lon^ bistance felephone 73S'.'
i i
Li
PHONOGRUPH.GHAPHOPHOME.
I Jesse H. Llpplncott, Bsq.,
President, North American Phonograph Co. .
i Mr dear Sir;-
I have been, as Ohainnan of the Executive Committee
of the Metropolitan Phonograph Company, requested by its Board
of Directors to formally present to your Company the claim for
j damages sustained by our Company owing to the non-delivery by
your Company, as agreed, of both Phonographs and Phonograph-
Graphophones-whioh claim has frequently during the past six
months been verbally called to your official notice in inter-
■i views with officers of our Company, and with the outlines of
|; which you are familiar.
ij Without entering now into a detailed statement of all
our grievances,^ I would beg to call your attention to a few
l, facts relating to the expenses of our Company since the first
]: Of January last, and the circumstances under which the greater
;i part of them were incurred. t ropi y t
. undoratond have boon-your oritialpms of what you have boon
ii pleased recently to term our feYtravagant managamentl.
:i When, in December last, the question of renting #257
Fifth Avenue for the offices and salesrooms of, our Company, was
expensive offices in the last week of December, we organized our
working force on the basis of orders which we then had on our
books, or were promised us as soon as we vfould be ready to fill
them, and for vrtiich your Ocanpany had given us reason to expect
we would be able to furnish the machines within two weeks. In
the face of other promises of your Company, from week to week,
almost from day to day, as can easily be proved, when these first
were Tonfdlfilled, we did not dare for a long time to reduce our ■
working^’force, as, had the machines been at any of those times
delivered , our employees' would all have been fully occupied. As
the, months went by however, arid ho machines worth mentioning were
delivered us, our subscribers became suspicious that the inven¬
tions were not yet perfected-rumors of injunctions and interfer-
enoes prevailed, and finally, becOTing disgusted vrith our delay,
many of them withdrew their names and others refused to receive
the machines when eventually tendered them, seme giving the
reasons stated above, others the near approach of the diill summer ■
months, others their unwillingness to sign the extraordinary
lease which your Company has seen fit to prescribe, and others
frankly stating that as the novelty of the inventionthad worn off
they did not care for it.
In other words, the "Boom" for which, in JanuaDy, the
Public were prepared, and in which they were then anxious to ^
participate, had spent itself, and when your Company, four or i
five months after, were ready to deliver us machines, such as I
they were, in any considerable (XfMBiicawaWlaace quantiti'es , the
reaction had set in, and we were left to suffer from it.
In the meantime, with the aid of our offices, our exhibi-i
tions, our expenditures, and our endeavors to push the enterprise,!
your Company has succeeded in profitably placing the stock of j
numberless Local Companies all over the Unites States-whilo we, j
for the reasons above given, have been unable, up to this time, j
to place more than 200 machines in our own district, although we
have advertised, employed canvassers, and used every known means
to add to our subscription list.
Coming to realize the situation, our Executive Committee
has within the past few months out do^m our expenses to a minimum;
we have rented^thlrd floor of our building, we have placed our
second floor in the market for a tenant, we have discharged our
Superintendent, and have reduced our pay roll over 50;?, but even ^
now our expenses are far in excess of our income, and seem likely
to be for some time to come. Our working Capital of $50,000., |
which seemed so ample when we commenced operations, and would !
have been had our expectations as to receiving machines, been i
realized-has been seriously impaired, and only the strictest ;
economy will enable us to tide over these unfortunate conditions,!
As a result, the price of our stock has become merely
nominal; it has been offered in the open market at $25, per share,
and when, two weeks ago, 100 shares were put in the Auction Room
for sale, no bid whatever could be obtained, and it had to be
withdrawn; on the other hand your Company has declared a dividend
of 3X, and its stowk is quoted at 75, It is not to be denied
that your Company has, as above stated, vastly benefited by the
expenditures of ours, and that our Company throu^ the failure of
yours to meet what we claim to have been its obligations, has j
suffered-and is to day suffering-heavy losses. It would seem, I
so identified are the interests of the two Companies, and so |
interested is yours in the sucdess of ours, that under all these i
circumstances you should not-even from a selfish standpoint- |
throw yourself upon techinically "legal ri^ts", if any exist , !
but should consider our claim more in the lij^t of justice and
equity, I
we
It is 6n this basis that we prefer
’legal rights" in the premises? You
to meet you-but have j
will perhaps say thatj
specific time is mentioned in
within which the
your Company, or your ropresontatives fixed a period or periods i
within which our Company might expect or should receive the |
deliveries that "reasonable time" within the established rules |
of law became a definite one and you were both in law and equity j
I
bound to deliver or make good the injury a«tl failure oast upon |
us. We claim that time to have been, beyond all question, I
not later than the 10th of January last, although many more in- |
definite promises were made by your f'epreaentativos, which should'
have boon fulfilled much prior to that date, even. so far back as '
in October.
I am avfare of the concession your Company has offered |
in regard to not demanding rentals of any machines prior to the j
I
first of month, no matter when*delivered, but, grateful as j
our Company is for any consideration, I believe that, when re- i
duoed to a business basis, this offer will appear not to exceed
$500. , and cannot therefore be accepted as in full satisfaction
of our claim.
Our Executive Committee has most carefully and conscien¬
tiously made an estimate of what damages, under all the circum-
cu
stances, our Company can equitably and justly, swfli^we think also
legally^ claim against yours, and place the sum at not less than
$10,000,, in which estimate the Committee is sustained by the
full Board of Directors.
It is to lay this claim before you that I write, and I j
ask for it your dispassionate consideration, and that of your
Company,
Frankly, we believe that it could be sustained at law,
but we tnist that there never may be occasionnin this, or in any
other matter, for either of our Oranpanies to force the other j
into Court for ti^ determination of their respective rights; we j
rauSi-^^er to4eideve that the justice of our claim will receive!
your, ready recognition, and that, this matter being amicably j
.A ' - i
,ZdibrVs^>of<'!; the^^.wo Companies may work together for their mutualj
'' ''fip ^ ,/<'> . i
.prosperity ^d advancement. , .
'Z '/j 'p (I . ' ' , '
^ >! ' Wltff sincere respect, ^
[ATTACHMENT]
riOF^WH ^MBF^IGAN ©HONOGl^APH ©0.,
AND gIbSSB F). IIIPPINGOIPIP, SOLB LfIGBNSBB OH IPHB
flMBF^IGAN Gf^APHOPHONB (so.,
16 0, 162 & 164 Broadway,
O^Mti .
.......AuigUBt .
TELEPHONE CALL,
' “794 JOHN."
P. O. BOX 2692.
James B, Metcalf, Esq,,
Ch, Ex,' Com, Met, Phono, Co.,
257 Fifth Ave, , city.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of. the 1st was duly received and has had our
carem consideration. In reply thereto,- we beg leave to take
exceptions td some of the statements made. The writer may have
and probably did o:q)ress himself favorably in regard to your action
in leasing the premises now occupied by your company, but as to
expressing myself as you put it "strongly", that he has no recol¬
lection of doing* -I doubt very much whether I knew that you in¬
tended to occupy No, 257, Fifth Avenue, until the matter was
pretty well settled in your own minds,. I thought it was a good
move; if I was- mistaken, it was simply an error of judgment that
had been endorsed by your directors or executive committee, when
lease. It was my understanding tint in
addition to your uptown quarters, you intended to have an office
in this vicinity, right among the business houses, and it was in •
this connect ion that 1 expressed myself in favor of the uptown
premises, but had the question been aubmitt ed to me, as to the
advisability of your taking an uptown or a downtown -office, 1 cer¬
tainly should have advised the latter,
You say "As we did not then and have not even yet ob¬
tained rachines of the quality and in the quantity promised", in
an^er to this, we beg leave to say that you obtained machines
just^as promptly as wo received them. That, if promises were made
you that were riot fulfilled, they were based on promises made to
us, which, the time, we had every reason to expect wovBd be
carried out. In regard to the quality of the instruments, we beg
leave to call your attention to the following clause irora-the 13th
.'Yhe instruments delivered by the party
under this agreement shall at all times possess
all the improvements thereon, which at the time of such delivery,
or prior thereto* have been adopted by the party of the first part»
lajj'
[ATTACHMENT]
The deliveries we hav3 made we claim have been strictly in compli¬
ance with the above.'
' You state "Vfith the aid of our offices, our exhibitions,
our e:q3enditures and our endeavors to push the enterprise, your -
company has succeeded in profitably plaoinff the stock of numberless
local companies all over the United States". So far as this
con^any is concerned, it has tjadl nothing whatever to do with
placing the stock of local companies. It sold its territory in
many oases to parties who did not visit New York, and who, prior
to their purchasea-, had never been in the rooms of the Metropolitan
Phonograph Company.
Your inability to place more machines, we think has
been owing somewhat to your business methods. So far as we know,
your advertisements were inserted in journals that only reached -
the very best class of people. Men who were perfectly able to
pay for proficient stenographers. Our experience has been that
the people who are the most enthusiastic about these machines and
who take hold of them most readily are not those that read journals
like the Evening Post, but are business men of the medium class
who are in a great majority in this country, and flho have never
had the advantage of a proficient stenographer. In your employ¬
ment of canvassers we have understood that the price you offered
for securing customers was -so inadequate that you could not ob¬
tain proper representatives.
You state that you cannot accept our waiving of rentals
prior to July 1st as in full satisfaction of your olaimt- We beg
leave to inform you that in relinquishing our right to rentals
prior to the date stated above, we made it uniform with all of the
sub- companies and that we did not anticipate you woiad give us
credit for- it on accoiint of v/hat you supposed to' be a claim
against us.
As to the legal points referred to, not having had a con¬
sultation with our attorney, who is now in Europe, we prefer not
to discuss them, and \vill close by saying that we -do not consider
that you have a-olaim on us for $10,000. or for any other sum.
Very truly yours.
Office of
The North American Phonograph Company,
160-164 Broadway,
New York, August 5, 1889,
■The Jdison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. J,
Gentlomen:-
In reply to your favor of the first, we expect you to
credit our account with the old. batt eries as they are returned.
They were, as you know, inefficient ,( see your circular letter to
the various phonogrtjjh companies) and for that reason they are use¬
less to us and to our Lessees,
Office of
The North American PhonogrEph Company,
160-104 Broadway,
New York, S^t. 19, 1889.
Chas. Batchelor, Esq. ,
"Edison Phonograph Works,"
Orange,. N. J.
Dear Sir;-
You would confer a great favor upon me if you would
take up the matter of a new price on the Edison hundred hour bat¬
tery and supplies for same. We are being very severely criticised
by our sub-companies on account of the prices charged for parts
of the battery. Eor instance, a jar at 40 cents that some of them
claim they can buy at home at from 15 to 18 cents. The difference
between the two prices is such that it occasions dissatisfaction
and leaves them tinder the impression that our entire business all
through is conducted on the same scale and that we are tiaking- a
hundred per cent, profit in the articles tint we sell to them.
Very truly yours,
[FROM CHARLES BATCHELOR?]
Jasoe H, Tiippinoott, Kaq.,
North Amerioan Phonocrc^'h Oompa?ii%
#lfiO Broafl'way, New Yorh nity#
Dear Sir:-
Answering yoitr Lett or of t,o-dajc on tVio *3attoi'y queo-
tJon, wiwld sqj' tS'at vre have been rtiaking these batteriea in snail
qv-iantities just an the Ndiaon Phonocrsrh V/orks calLefl for them.
If in future yoiu nan (-jive us orders for larger qtiantitiea, so that
we oan deijond on about forty per day- or so, and assure us of pwnpt
pai'mQit of our bills, we ean nalce yon better prices. iVe have de¬
cided. that it is better to md-.e the zinc run out at the sfwie tteo
as the co'l^per plate, so that it v.'ill be about one-third the prio'o
and. 300 hoxirs instead of 000,
Tlie price that we cai {jive you now is as follows:
Pattcry co'inpl et.e, ready for worklnt' §13. 3.^
" ■ , with the exception of the
oxide plates, zincs and soda
Price of extra oxide plates, each
• • • j^incs, , each
• ■ II Glass .Tars, each
7. AS
»39
•3li,
J. H.
Prioo of .%tra PorofSLtiin OovorB, saoh S:3
* • » Sodas, por s-tlok l.o
'Vo can allow yoii a discoimt. of 15^ and off these prioeo,
and we will iifjree to deliver them to the Kdi son Phonograph 'Vorhs,
In Orange, free of ohai’ge, hilt not boxed Ihr ^ipmont.
Vie oan offer yon four oents per lb. for all scrap zinos; that
are worn out, and for all used coiiper plates, ten oents per lb.,
both delivered at our Factory.
The T!di son I tanufnc taring Oompaiy has spent a great d'(sil of
mo'noy to perfect this batterj', and has to iiay a la:-go royalty for
the use of other patents. Tho royalty cannot, of course, be cypr-
ged on those parts of the battery that will be constantly renewed;
therefore it follows that we must ask y ax to give us a guarenteo
that yax or yaxr Oomi'anies Trill only xxse th'arrx for phonogrijih pur-
po ses, and that no extras will be boxight except to replenish bat¬
teries Iji xxscs.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Orango , N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Kindly note the enclosed copy of letter from the Colo¬
rado & Utah Phonograph Company, under date of July 22nd, to which
our attention v/as dravm by balance of enclosures herewith, for¬
warded to us yesterday by the Phonograph Works!
Yours very trtily.
[ENCLOSURE]
COLORADO & UTAH PHONOGRAPH COI/^Al'lY.
Denver, Colo., July 22, 1889,
North American Phonofp'aph Co.,
160 Broadway, N. Y.
Gentlemen
Vfc are about disoouraffed in regal'd to "Batteries."
We received two of the How No. 1 batteries by express at
a cost of §26.00 express charfro s hoping to get a battery that
would do the work as represented.
V/e set up the first one following the printed instruc¬
tions, minutely and find as follows:-
It v/as full 48 hours after setting up before we could
turn motor.
We short circuited about ten minutes. The Voltage we
were unable to get , but it is evidently very low as it will run
motor only to reproduce .
There seems to be a great range current strength in jars
probably owing to the depolarizing material. On close circuit one
jar registers 10 amperes, one 8, one 7 and one 3. All four con¬
nected in series close circuit 7 amperes,- when motor is running
one and a half amperes.
We have used battery two and a half hours in one week
and that is all we could get out of it. We opened up the second
battery and found one of the jars broken and as we
mot get any-
[ENCLOSURE]
N. A. P. Co. — 2.
thing to I'oplace it here, it is useless to us at present. It may
be possible that we have gotten hold of one tliat is not just
rijjht. We have three more coming and v/ill try them, but if t hey
work no better than the first one they are no good to us.
As things are at present, v/e cannot lease Motor Power
Phonographs. We feel very much disappointed, as we have been
promising some of our people to furnish a battery as represented
to us, to replace the first battery, and said patrons are disgusted
and say that v/e must take back the machines.
This hurts our reputation as others wore waiting to see
how this battery would work. Can you enlighten or help us out
in any way?
Have you tried the Pumpelly Storage Battery? V/hat
would be the cost' of recharging, etc., etc.
Yours truly,
THE COLORADO & UTAH PHONO. CO.
COPY.
0FIBIGB 0P
JFhe ^§pfeh Jlmepi®an E*h@^@§papl^ 6©.,
and Jesse i. liippineefeli, S®Ie liieensee ®f- fehe
PEFiepisan Spaph®ph®i^e 6®.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
IKew york,_ . ....0.et.......30.t.h, . .1dS9.
TELEPHONE CALL,
Dear Mr. Edison,
After leaving the Works yesterday, I had quite an ex¬
tended talk with the two gentlemen from "hicago and with Mr, Benson
from Omaha. Their opinion is that unless we have a start and stop
movement, different from the one now contemplated, that we will
make a great mistake. In talking with Mr. Easton of t he Columbia
Company on last Monday, he was of the sane opinion. I am also in
receipt of a letter from the Pittsburgh Company, which is very em¬
phatic in the same direction. Those people are broufht in daily
contact with typewriters and other- practical users of the machines.
They want the motion in starting or stopping a nachine to be sim¬
ilar to that made by the typewriter in touching the keys. They
say that typewriters, who copy for so much a folio, find fault v/ith
any, even slight, impediment in doing their work rapidly. If this
movement could be arranged by two keys, it would meet all criti¬
cism.
You may look upon this as a very small or insignificant
matter but really the testimony we get lY’om all quarters is so
unanimous as to the advisability of using a suitable device, that
we would be going greatly against our own interests to not recog¬
nize it.
We are to have a meeting of seven of the near by managers
at our office next Monday. I should like very much to be able to
Show them the complete machine on thsit day. With the start and
stop movement satisfactory and the cylinder the length of the man¬
drel and a single record cylinder for mailing, my conviction is
that the graphophone will be. practically shelved.
To
Very truly yours.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
cuc'
EATON & LEWIS
^/^/(EQUiw
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Dear Sir:-.
... , , Re Eippineott $65,000,' Note. Pursuant to your
letter given to Mr, Lippincott,,this note was protested, and I have
drawn r.a contract extending payment for two months.and- providing
S ® =rtens ion note for $65,000. plus.-^ eleven months * inter^t
on xno ox CL noxo**
T please find triplicate copies of the said con-
tract. I have submitted them to Mr. Lippincott.and he approves.'.
In + you kindly write your name at the bottcm of the
docments.with a witness, and have
the same returned to mo, and oblige.
Very truly yours
ORBIGB @F
jphe ^©Pfeh Jlmepisan E>h@i^@gpapl^ (2©.,
and J©sse Iiippinaafelj, S©I© Liiaens©© ©5 feh©
Hnaepiaan Spaph©ph©^e S©.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
^ew TJork, - N.Q.YgniMc_JL, _ id6 9.
TELEPHONE CALL,
P. O. BOX 2S92.
Yours very truly,
c 0BBrce 0F
pFFiei?i©aH I!’h@i^@gmpl^ G©.,
and Jegse K IiippinQQlsfe, Sale liieensee @f fehe
Hmepiean (apaph®ph@^e d®.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
TELEPHONE C
IKew york,.
A. 0. Tate, Esq., Sec, <'P7^V~r.
Edison's Laboratory, Oranjp , N. J,
Dear Sir:-
In talking with Mr. Edison the other day, he informed ms
that he hai requested you to send me a copy of an opinion on the
graphophone patents given to Col. Gotiraud by his solicitor. As 1
have not yet received it, will you kindly forward it without delay,
and oblige.
Very truly yours.
0FIRIGB 0B
jphe ^©pfeh Jlmepisan ^®v
and JeSge i. Liippin©©1jfe, S©Ie liiaensee ©f- fehe
Hmepiaan Spaph©ph©^e G®.,
telephone CALL, IqO, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
P.O.BOX 2502. . JJOYQjIl^Qj, 2l8t..^ . ISS 9
Walter Miller; Esii.,
■■ ' '0r6aige;-NVj;'''
Dear Walter :-
V/e sent over an order to-day for two dozen Musical
Cylinders, to be sent to Mr. Benson at Chicago. Will you please at¬
tend personally .to the selection of these, and have the records of
the very best class of music and all A number one, each record care¬
fully packed. This is very important to all of our interests , and
the attention we ask.
■^S-pokon iiiio the Phonograph
by Thos. R, Lombard.
Written from the dictation by
REiCJiilNAJlll:?.
0BFirGB 0B
JPhe ^@i?feh pmepisaH E>h@^@gpapl^ G@., ^3
and Jegse i. liippmcssfefe, S@le ^sendee fehe
PmepigaR Spaph@ph@]^e G@.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
IKew [y ork, — . .D.e,c^.l2ih...,,,.,..^,„^ d8
TELEPHONE O
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N.J,
Gentlemen;-
We liave repeatedly been requested to 'furnish'’tp1,thje sub
companies a catalogue of musical phonograms so that they could order
such as they wanted from it. We were inf^orm'diT'a* short '-tiinetago that
such a one was in preparation by you,we 'would like to have it
expedited as much as possible, and as soo^, as-,we get-^'‘copy we will
liave some printed and forward to the companiie'b:’
- ’Tti-T -
Yours very truly, '
The North^ericah Phonograph Co.
\Spoksu inUi ihc Phono^ri^
by Thos, /?, Lombard.
Jhe dipjaii
ABTH.: FINANZ- UND PATENTWESEN.
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Bireeiioil
: Mittheilung von dor Actien-Gesellschafl fur automatischeripyerkauf
nlpreciier- »mi 11 Ho 000'- Berlin, Hamburg, Breslsu. i\ -t-I y
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p--AB™:”Hij^KfSv-U:-PAT£aTWE8eii . - .
QBUrGB 0B
jphe ]^@Pl5h flmepisan l?h@i^@gpapl2 G^®-,
and Jesse 1. liippineefefe, S@Ie liieensee fehe
piFnepiean Spaphephei^e S@.,
160, 162 & 164 BROADWAY,
IKew y ork, - Dexainhar_2a±h,,.._'i S5 9 .
TELEPHONE C
Dear Mr. Edison,
I intended to po out to OranRe to see you on Tuesday but
found you had left for Akron Monday niRht. I have succeeded in
purchasing the 150 shares of stock in the Edison Phonograph Co.,
owned by Mrs. Mary Kemenway of Boston and I now have the certifi¬
cate in tny possession. You know she paid in $22,200. I made the
purchase for $23,400., so we will have no more trouble in that di¬
rection.
On account of the changes in the phonograph and the
total cessation of shipments for several weeks, I have concluded
it was not wise to attempt to offer the stock of the North Amer¬
ican Company to the public until we reached a point where v/e could
deliver the machines lYeely. We have not yet reached that point
and will hardly be able to do it for some little time yet. For
that reason I would like you to renew my last note and the stock
privilege you have for three months, say until March 31st,, next.
-It— i-s-not— probab-le-t-hat— I— wi-l-l— ask— of-you-any— fimt-her-e-xtansdon of
time. If this meets v/ith your approval, kindly send me a note
to Major Eaton by return of mail, telling him to extend my note
and the stock privilege until March 31st. The other papers come
due next Tuesday, so 1 should like you to send to me the authority
granting the extensions by return of mail.
You may not be aware of the fact but the North American
Company has paid the Edison Phonograph Works, up to date, the sum
of $243 , 000 .
With the compliments of the season and trusting I may
have a prompt reply, I am as ever.
Sincerely yours.
1889. Phonograph - North American Phonograph Company -
Subsidiary Sales Companies (D-89-63)
This folder contains correspondence concerning the business affairs of
various regional sales companies under contract with the North American
Phonograph Co. Included are letters about the exhibition of the phonograph
and about technical problems with phonographs and phonograph batteries.
There is also material relating to the shipment of talking dolls. Among the
correspondents are John L. Butterfield, manager of the Michigan Phonograph
Co.; Louis Glass, general manager of the Pacific Phonograph Co.; and W. T.
Ross, general manager of the Tennessee Phonograph Co.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of
acknowledgement and transmittal; routine orders and requests for information;
other routine business correspondence.
- g^A- J-gJ^ i<U-^ y{^^ Jij^<^
(EhE Phoi/ograpl? So.
J. L. ButtfiFlield, HiaijagBr.
Rooms 13, 13 & 17, Detroit Opera House.
Elelpoif, Pf)ia\). . I'ebi?uary....l5.1!.....lSSd,§S....
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Orange, II. J'.
Dear Sir:-
. In aooordanoQ tvith a suggestion made by you, I
would be very glad to have Mi’. Greim return and spend a week in
the Assembly Room so that he may be familiar with the new Phono¬
graph before it is shipped to us. If you will be kind enough
to let me know when it will be desirable to have him rotui’n, I
“^vill be very much obliged to you. ~
V/e have orders for several Phonagraphs, and are only
waiting for tie maoliines, I trust there will be no unexpected
delay and from now on we shall have a rousing business.
Very truly yours.
Manager ,
Dictated to the Phonograph.
!| ThCDias A. Kdison,
i! Orange K.J.
I Dear Mr, Edison:
.Is it possible for me to obtain two or three
Phonographic dolls < I should like to have them very much if
you could do so. One I wisih to give to a very influential
party in Nev^ York who will be of considerable assistance
financially
to us^fromitime to time in our business. He expressed the
desire to have a doll. Sorry to trouble you in the matter.
_ Yours Tnilv't _
|| Mr. A. 0. Tate,
Private Seo'y to Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Nev/ Jersey.
Dear Mr. Jatet—
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of March, 4th. regarding tho attention which you
intend to pay to the operators which we are to send to you
for instruction on the new Phonograph. Also to Mr. Edison's
;j kind reply to my letter of the 28th. uitt.as regards Pho-
: nograph dolls. I will communicate .atlttLMagsrH _ _
I Jaquesv as suggested by Mr. Edison.
:j Thanking you again very much,'iror your attention.
I am
Yours very truly,
!l DfCTATED TO
|i '^ONOGRAPH-GRAPHOPHONE.
Pacific Phonograph Co.
T. A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange, N.J.
Doan Sii’ :
V/o.are just in receipt of your letter of March 5"
announcing the shipment- of treadle Phonograph by Wells, Eargb Ex¬
press, on iPeb'y 20". The, machine came to hand in proper time,. and
wo acknowiodged it to Jesse H.Lipplhcott.
All our people here are greatly pleased with the treadle
machine— the governor is perfect in its action and readily changed.,
As to speed. We are all impressed with the belief that we will
have more call for these machines than »pr those actuated by
_?l®_ct?:LQ_P.qwer_and__tmst_you-wlll_be-abla-t6-supply-them;- . .
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear l/ir. Edison;
This v/ill introduce to your kind attentions
l/lr. Erastus A. Benson, of, OmaJia.
J'/lr. Benson is the gentleinan \iho has put through
in great shape the lov/a, Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming and ■
Montana companies for Phonograph business, and noirr, having
placed the elephant, would like to see where it v/as horn and
Drought up.
Any attention you can pay him v.'ould be
appreciated both by Mr. Lippincott and myself. i
Yours Truly, j
Pacific Phonograph
March 26 ",1889.
My dear- Tate:
A roan named Le Count came into our office today
with a Graphophone cylinder which he wished to have read to him.
He has Just returned from New York and seems to be well acquainted
with many of the Phonograph-Graphophone people there. He told
me that he was informed at the office of the Metropolitan Company
on Pifth Avenue, that the New York Company would receive about 100
machines within two weeks, but that- none would be forwarded to the
Pacific Coast for probably ninety days.
Our people are- veiv much dissatisfied here at the deSay
in receiving- machines and we have so little information ourselves
-that-we-cannot-make-our-expianation-satisfactory;; — But we tlTlhK -
that we are entitled to our share of -machines as- soon as- any other
agency, and we hope you will do ijJiat you can in Mr.Edison's estab¬
lishment to see that we. gre fairly dealt with. We- sent- Mr.Llp-
pincott-an order fow-SOO machines on Janiiary 30th— one half of
which were to be treadle. H ave the kindness to let as know
•if he has filed this order with you, or if- such is his custom.
Please write me also what- are the. probabilities for shipment and
whether the- price of the cylinder has been detemined.
With kind regards,! am,
oA. 3. ylX)c
i'^f'^'i A‘i
• THE WESTERlff PMI01ffT^]felSei.Rj^BH-CiipkgA^^
- f^ti/UAA^ , nnyur>Jtl£iu^ ci^^,^^
Mr Thomas A. Edison.
OranjsQ, New Jersey.
Dear Sir;-
I send you by mail today a "musical record" which was
taken on the Phonograph last Sunday, it was given us by Mrs, Alice
A, Shaw, the famous whistler, and by her request wo send one record
to you. Hoping tliat you will receive it all right I remain
Very Truly Yours,
CChE E3iGl?igai? Phoi^ogpapl? So.
J. L. ButtErlisld, fEaijagsp.
^ X <3vA^-
CChE RHiel^igai; Phoi^ogpapl; So.
w
J. L. ButtepIiBld, PBaijagen.
Rooms 13, 15 5 17, Detroit Opera House.
©droif, r^ic^... ,. I.I?y 13" 1889.
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Thos.A. Edison, Esq., . I
Orange, . .
'V^U L o " y
Dear Sir:- j ,,Uctir <rr Sd), '
We are niu|ch sttrprised ^reoe^e ^ letter fro'm -
Bie North American Hionograpli p). in nhich i|t is claimed' tiiat
«4 — — e- — f— «• CL-SP
battery is not a part of thejcorap^jete motor* plionogr,aph _
c..w'U o^r
s£e_aJ;onc.e_th.&t_e_v.erKthij:mln_th-0-nature-of)- supplies— is _ \ _
,., tv p-ftv- C<..L.v.v.\ "t — (xi-e-O-'^a -v./vj^- o u,vp— 1
a,' but i|t is certainly) a very unwise and/short^
, _ , , . frrA^V^ c^i s t> I Orxi
siglited policy to insist upon customers b.uying a'Jbattery in order ., /s>
^(^6- G Vv t.-ef
to complete the motor. . V/e have alwayd understood that . ^
-St ’ M „ -tvvt-v (iiiC
tlie battery vtas a part of the motor machine, was furnished vpith
it, and have so stated to our customers* u 4
All of the ordei
orders vre have,!. were give^ with that undjg^*- |
standing, and to tell them now that-the batterer is (extra, would
lead many to cariceTti^e^ or^^/^and would'^rta/^^maice^t ^
Urerv^(L,) (LtTUA-t' UJttUvsjvl/C^. ttv.(..vv-q
mudi more difficult to, get orders in the future. , d
iljtliose ^t-Ue i^^ence the 'public very
I would ^ertainj.y be agairSt the phonj|raph. /
It is one oijt
largely and
(Lhe EBicl^igai/ Phoi^ogFapl? So
J. L. ButtEFliEld, HBanagEF.
Rooms 13, 15 a 17, Detroit Opera House.
©efraif, I¥)iob' .
We hope to hear at onoo tliat vre v/ere misinformed upon this
question. V/o have written to Ihe Nortli Amei-ican Co. o
Very truly yours,
Dictated to the pliono0raph
Extract from letter, from The Wisconsin Phonograph Co., May 15th., 89''
Mr. Miller has arrived here and we have had a very pleasant
talk with him. f/lr. Miller, and I experimented on the jig-lpack ar¬
rangement 80 as to see whether it was practicable to have the re¬
producing needle of the Edison machine so set as never to require
adjustment, and we have both come to the conclusion that it is per¬
fectly practicable.
In fact, even as it is, I have removed the switch screw of the.re-
prb(li;cer as I find that so many records are cut out with it that
it is a dangerous thing to have around. ’
Mr.Miller, has got no better results from the little battery
have, Vfe cant ship out the Phonographs at all with those
i'^^'batterle^s and it is a question with us whether we had better wait
- -v - ^ - ■ -
V -^before s-.l^ping:0Ut Phonographs imtil wo get the new battery from
Edisonjpr^^hether we’ shall got some other battery. W^at battery
would you, recommend 7 the Roberts-Brevoort
what?
The ‘•.machines 1 that we
the treadle motor Edii
icrew done away with; both of th
iwitch screws
sances and it wduld bp bettor to have them off than
Very truly yours,
lin Phonograph'
(Ehe Phoi^ograpl? E
J. L. ButtBFliBld, Hiai;agBii.
Roon\s 13, 15 & 17, Detroit Opera House.
Selroif, . I.Ie-...:2S.'.!. . laSO....... . 1§§„
Ur. Tlios, A. Kdison,
Uy clear Sir:-
I eno.losc horowith, a letter frow Ur. 17. tl .
Brearley, president of Tlie Michigan Press Association.
It explains itself. I have looked into the nature of the
meeting iioro reforro.-] to. and am satisfied th.at it is one nppor-'
tnnity in a thousand for exliibiting our rnaoliino. I shall
go to Grand P.apids and give the exliibition of t;rpe settin.g from
phonograph dictation, as he requests, and v/ould be very glad to
comply v;ith his second request if it is possible to do it.
Please send me, for e.xhibition at this time, a variety of cylin¬
ders v/ith musical records etc., in order that I may give a general
exliitaition of the machine and show its capacity in all directions.
V/ill you please let me know when v/o may expect the bat¬
teries v/hich you are making for the phonograph? 'flie original
batteries sent out are not such that v/e can use them.
The business' men are very much opposed to the constant change of
U[g|fa!^the general character of the battery.
CEhE Phoi^ogFapl? 2o.
J. L. ButtErField, IBaijageF.
Rooms 13, 15 S 17, Detroit Opera House.
©efpoif, \^)ic\). . . . 1(
I am makinf:: a tost of a ."torago battery here v/hich promises to be
very satisf.actory. It runs about one liundred and fifty-five
hours vtithout stopping. I shall use this Storage battery ijj|
connootlon tvith the maO-lne, until I get 'some other battery from
you.
I am glad to say tliat the phonograph, vrith the oxcop-
Dictated
the Pl'onogreph.
"^csilevn '^enn»^lv>ama '^KonogmpK ®o.
No. 146 KIKTH AVENtlK.
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Mi'tTijOnms A. Edison.
LI v/zelX'-n Par-l; ,
Kcv; Jo.:
Si !■:-
s' lvania Phnnoj-i-ajih
CIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
I send you enclosed, tv/o letters for Mr.Edison-
v/ill you have the kindness to see that he gets them i^erconally.
Had a letter from loppy saying he was off for Europe.
Are any of you folks going during the Exposition? Is there any
probability of Mr.Edi son going over himself?
Major, Sabin and myself, wlthour families, liavo just
returned from a trip to Yosemlte v/here vm had a splendid time-
wish you had been along. Vfe hope yet to see you in California
and show you how superior it is in all things, to even Now York
City and Lewellyn Park.
[ENCLOSURE]
;vs have had applications from a number of Physicians
for Phonographs to be used in recording the beating of the heart,
pulsations of the blood, etc.
Numerous newspaper items have appeared concerning these
matters and these people desire to know whether'in your tests you
have Ibund these things practicable; if so, whether special
diaphragms are used and your manner of proooediire. Please give
me all the information you can for their benefit.
We also have an application from William Hamn Hall, who
has char^ of all the U.S. Irrigation Surveys west of the Rocky
Mountains, for which Congress made a large appropriation last
winter. He wishes one or more Phonographs made poirtable to be
turned by hand or dloekwork an! placed within as small a compass
as possible. Will you consider applications of this kind? And
If so, what will be the cost in addition to the regular rental.
Very truly yours,' '
[ENCLOSURE (INCOMPLETE)]
' PACIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
We have a teleeram from you dated May Slat, readlnc
as follows; "Go li£ht on treadle; we have new battery four sizes
last one jtwo, three and six months; also motor vroidkd el»otric light
circuits — you can run out telephone wire and put sixty Phonosrai:h8
on one circuit supjplying' current from small dynamo and gas engine
all made independent by* resistance," sigied "Edison".
The Xai(KX batteries received with machines do not thus
far seem to be altogether satisfactory, A single cell will run
' Vr :■ .'.t, :i f
- some-inoti’uraenfrs-up-to-130-revoluti-ons-whilst-others-are barely -
moved and we cannot' get 100 revolutions. Two cells in all instan¬
ces give good results. Now the cost of these batteries is so
great as to be with many of our subscribers prohibitory. It is
as follows;
5 lbs. Chromie Acid at 40*013. $ 2.00
12 " Sulphuric Acid at 5 Cts. . .60
5 Gallons Water .-^oo
S 2.60
This will give. us six charges, or 43 Cts. each without estimating
the value of the zinc, of which I cannot get the coat. We esti¬
mate the cost twenty days per month, two colls 43 Cts. each, $17.20
Where one cell dobs thw duty ,it will be half of this, or $8.60'.
• ■ , expense ..is^so great . wit2ipu^cpn3lderingjthe.:ilabor re-_
[ENCLOSURE (INCOMPLETE) ]
PACIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
required in keeping these batteries up, that we have thought it
best to hold back, our machines until we get the dynamo oirduit
mentioned in your telegram and tils we want just as soon as it is
perfected; we v/ould like,- however, an estimate of the cost as soon
as you can give it to visi and it may be cheaper for us to use
steam pov^or .rather than the g^s engine.
■ Novf conoemirB shipments of machines. As at present
boxed, these machines weigh an average of 250 pounds each and
the freight charged' is three 'and a half cents a pound, making $8.75 '
Now, by shipping in car-load lots, the outer box andpacking can i;
be dispens.ed with- which would reduce the weight 100 lbs. and ji
KKHid the cost'to precisely $5. each. This would require but _
143 machines to a carload and would be a very material saving to us ;;
I will say here, that in shipping goods to the Pacific Coast, they
do not require to be as securely boxed if forwarded by ordinary s
freight as by express, the express handling being much more
severe. ■ ■ 'I
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You seem to disparage -the use of treadle machines; we
have quite a number of orders from parties who are located in the
mountains of California where battery material would be unusually
expensive and unless we could supply treadles, we would, in our
opinion, be shut out of this territory. It is our eventual purpose
to place a machine in every hamlet and village in the States
[ENCLOSURE (INCOMPLETE)]
PACIFIC PHONOGRAPH CO.
ceded to us so as to increase the faoiaity for correspondence by
Phonosraphs, and In very nany places, it was our purpose to put
treadle machines. The treadle machine sent us wcrks splendidly
and we cannot understand why you object to their being leased to
the public.
Very truly yours, ~ '
-OFFICE
Wisconsin Phonograph Co.,
TELEPHONE 869.
^1.4 BROKDSa^KY.
9th 1889.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Mr. Edison: -
That pencil shheme of yours which you got up
before I started, is a very good one indeed, . and it does away with
one of the chief objections to the Phonograph. That is you can cor¬
rect your oivn mistakes. After you have made a mistake on the cylin¬
der you say on the cylinder that you have made a mistake and thea
recall the typewriters attention to it. You simply make a mark
around it with this black pencil, and before she does any transcribiig
she at once ri^^stens around the mark with, her reproducer to find
where it is. So you see it_ is a very convenient thing indeed. And
1 think it would be a good idea to send one or itwo with every machine
I find that any one can learn how to run, thisspectacle, providiig
they will give us the time and attention to learn it. But I find it
is very hard work to get a business mans time, if he can not learn it
in tern minutes. • -I.vhope that your new spectacle will be a good one,
and thatwe will not have to stop the cylinder while adjusting with it.
This is a very bad fault with this old spectacle, 1 find that in many
Wisconsin Phonograph Co.,
Sole Licensee for Wisconsin of the North
Lippincott. sole Licensee of
TELEPHONE 869.
•41.4 BROKDWKV.
T. A. E. No. 2.
eases that they CQift to stop it and.’ ninytire the record. Mr.
Goodwin is quite fond of the foot treadle machine and he thinks it
is a daisy. And 1 think they are the macliinethat are going to take
like hot cakes. We liave five machines here in practical use , and
will put more out as soon as we get suitable battries, or when we
get some more foot treadle machines. Mr. Goodwin now does most of
his dictating by the Phonograph. I think it would be a very good
idea indeed to have someKalam arrangement on the end so to tell
how long your cylinder is going to last and how much you can get
the end. I find that when putting them out to people'^are not accus-
tom to the machine they will not Imow how long the cylinder is going
to last. So that if they had a little alann arrangement they could
very easily gage it,?nd know when to stop. if you have yet got any
kind of mailing cylinder, or any kind of box to send mailing cylin¬
ders in, 1 wish I could have a half a dozen shipped here, so that I'
could use them in mailing them. I would much rather do correspond-
ing on. cylinders, than with letters. One of the principal objection*
to the Phonograph in the offices is that it is very dirty, the
WiscpNsiN Phonograiph Co.,
msee for Wisconsin of the North American l^honograph Oo„ a
Llppincott, Sole -I.lcensee of the American Graphophcne Oo.
TELEPHONE 869,
T. A. E. No. f—
■SI- 1.4 BROKDlniKV.
chipes from the recorder, when handled by an imexperianeed persbn
thjiy get it all over the machine, and makes it run veiy hard and
and also makes it look very dirty indeed. But this could be veiy
easily done av/ay with , by some kind of automatic brush under the
cylinder. I find that chips from the cutting off '^^d does not
bother in the least. Ho* is the new shell getting along that slips
inside the cylinder? I think it would be a capital idea while you
are making this shell, try an experiment by having an end on each
side of the shell with a center hole in it and slip it into the
Phonograph the same as you would workin< the lathe by a spring center.
This would do away with the drum alltogether, and would be a very
convenient thing to slip on a cylinder and take it off very quickly.
Will the purchase of the Pumpelly Storage Battery by the North
American Phonograph Co., effect the sale of t&e Edison new battery?
If so I would like to know. I would like to hear from you in regard
to any new improvements on the Phonograph, I remain.
Yours very truly,
W. H. Miller.
£EhE fflictigai/ Phoi^ograpl? Go.
J. L. Butteplield, FBai^agep.
Rooms 13, 15 S 17, Detroit Opera House.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;-
©efpoil, H^io^ . .....Iuiie:..,1.7.th, . 1S8.9,;....1§§..
Pennlt me to again trouble you in reference to the
meeting of The Michigan Press Association and the exhibition of the
phonograph which I shall give at that time.
I have just had a talk with Mr Brearly, the President of the
Association, and he is extremely anxious to have a phonogram from
Mr Edison - if possible.
Probably the best known man in newspaper circles, is Mr Geo.
P. Rowell of newspaper advertising fame, and I write to know if it
would be convenient to have him visit the Laboratory and prepare a
phonogram for this meeting at Grand Rapids. Mr Brearly assures
me that we shall have a prominent place in the meeting, and we are
very anxious to make the most of it. We have a large funnel,
and could, with a cylinder prepared for that purpose, make the
machine talk out in meeting. We would be very glad ata to
receive any suggestions, as we want to give a first class general
exhibition; of the phonograph.
I am very much obliged td you for Ordering the musical
CLhe Phoi^ograpl? Eo.
J. L. Butteplield, HiaijagBP.
Roon\s 13, 15 5 17, Detroit Opera House.
0etpoif, . . . . . . .ISS .
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cylinders prepared. They will form a very Interesting feature
of the exhibition.
Dictated to the Phonograph.
Wisconsin Phonograph Co.,
BROKDlnfHY.
TELEPHONE 869.
17ih.'p
Mr. Thomas A. Edison » P I
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Dear Sir,
Your favor of the late date stating that you had shipped six
musical records as a present to the Manager of the Wis. Phono. Co.
received. The Manager would have replied before but we are expecting
the cylinders and hope to have the pleasure of aclcnowledgeing their
receipt. Through some misunderstanding or error the cylinders have
not yet arrived. We would be very thankful to receive them.
There are nvunber of minor defects in the new Phonograph which
Mr. Miller has written you about and which will not be necessaiy for
us to repeat, but we hope that they will be renovated at the earliest
ail
possible moment as the reproduction of the machine is perfect and^that
is necessary is to make the running part of it perfect,
Mr. Miller’ s stay with us has been very advant^eous to us indeed
and he has worked very faithfully and efficiently and we hope that you
may see f&it it is to your interest to have him stay some little time
new spectacles come,
truly yours,
The Wis. Phonograph Co.
Henry D. Goodwin Manager.
longer at least until the
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Wisconsin Phonograph .Co.,
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J. L. ButtBFiield, Riai;agBF.
Roonis 13, 15 5 17, Detroit Opera House.
12.45..,
Mr.Thos.A.£dison,
Orange, N.J.
My dear Sir: ,
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very much obliged to you for the'musioal cylinders;
they^ciiine safely through reaching us to-day.
I have written to Mr.Rowell asking him to visit your lab-
/ oratory and prepare a cylinder for the Grand Rapids meeting.
Is there a reliable account published of your discovery of
'^the Phonograph principle, and your early experiment connected with
will you please advise me where it may be had, as I
shall, no doubt, be asked questions on that line and would like to be
better informed.
Again thanking you for the cylinders,! am.
Very truly yours.
Dictated to the Phonograph.
Will you ploase inform us what arrancementa liavo been
made, if any, in regard to the sale of the “Talking Dolls"', vail
it be possible for us to secui-o the sale in Minnesota? Will your
Company be able to furnish them by the llolidaysS
Ve are going to have an exhibit in the Minneapolis Industrial
Exposition ;vhich opens August i2Ist, and if arrangements can bo
made, vfo v^ould like very much to liave one or tv/b samples- on hand
Efc that time so tliat we can shov/ them and take orders from the
trade.
Any suggestions that you can offer tl:at will tend to the
s of the exlaibit will be thankfully received.
An early reply to this v/ill oblige i
Yours Respectfully,
C,'o,V',C.
sue-
- Transcribed From the Phonograph,
Nashville Tonn,August 8th 1889
Mr Thomas A Bdlson*
Bear sir.
Menlo Park, Orange, Now Jersey,
I find a great demand for a Cylinder Biotatod by
YOU, and it will be a greqt help to me if you will kindlysend
one at once, I am greatly in love with the Phonograph, in fact,
it is THE instrument to be pushed, and I sincerely hope to have
many of them in use in this state. You have many good friends
in Tennessee, and you would bo amused to hear the variety of
questions put to mo by some of your old accquaintenoes,in reg-
-ard to the Phonograph, and your self, TSo/oof the people
for your voioe-.ahd I tope you will at once put mo in possession
of an address to the Tenn people. such as you will allow me to
use on all oooaslons.
To Mr Batchelor,
■ Once there was a Heathen Chinee*
Very Truly Yours,^^
Gen'll Manager Tenn Phono C,
T, H, Llacdonald, Esq.,
306 Stoolc Eiicliange,
H^ladelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:-
1 enclose you herewith letter from Ivtt-.Batchelor, and w ans
vrer.
If you have any report of progress to make, or suggestions,
please enclose your letter with mine.
I hope to see you the latter part of the week.
Respectfully,
L, Halsey v;illiams.
[ENCLOSURE]
Chas, Batclielor, Esq«,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 20tD in regard to cylinders has been re¬
ceived; in reply would say: we are Eujt with the following difficul¬
ties in using present cylinders: -
They break easily from forcing too hard on cylinder, or if Icnock-
ed over when standing on end; they slirink unevenly, so that when a retr
cord is once made and cylinder removed from mandrel, on putting it
back on machine, the reproduction is uneven, so that sometimes one
side v/ill be heard and the other not.
The question is, how to give strength to the cylinder and over- .
come the other difficulties.
One method that is suggested by our I.lr,liacdonald is to mould the
wax on a v;ood base,
• This wood must of course be as light as possible- say white pine
or poplar, and not likely to e:q)and and: contract.
The v;ood cylinder on which the wax is to be placed, can be turned
out in any lengths by machinery, cut off in pieces to suit at small
expense,
[ENCLOSURE]
The next question is ho\7 to place these cylinders on the inachine.
One idea is to bore the wood cylinder out with a orauge drill,
t!iat will bore a large ntmiier at once, and slip these over a small
mandrel, or to center them in the machine as in. a lathe, v/ithout bor¬
ing them out.
These ideas, as you see, are all crude, and must be modified as
experience shows is necessary,
V/e are making some experiments in Philadelphia, on which we will
report to you.
Very Respect ly.
L, Halsey Williams,
Denver, Colorado, _ _ 1 B-S8-
Mr. E. M. Conard
Leadville, Colo.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 1st. inst. to Mr. M. E. Post had been referred
to us and in reply we can lease you the latest Phonograph or Grapho-
phone, the price of either being $40.00 per year. We can furnish ex¬
tra musical phonograms for from $1.00 to $2.00, although you can easijt
get them by having your friends play to the Phonograph. We furnish
everything for the machine except the hlank? which will cost you 15
cents each. V/e will furnish tube for one to hear at a time but a pa¬
per funnel can be made so that several can hear at once. We only sup¬
ply the treadle Phonograph at present as we have been unable thus fcir
to get a satisfactory battery, '
. I .-'Prize Medals Awarded-'-
American Institute; New York, i877. International Inventors Exhibition, London ibbs
New York City., end v/ill want to move my talking machine also, but
I am obliged to ask you to give me back my first love, the •Srapho-
phone*. A Civil Engineer and .chambermaid attachment not being
v/ith the present machine, I -can't work it and my 'Wife draws the.
line at the point of keeping an ektra seinrant to clean up the
feathers after each fight. There is no hurry a1)0ut it, but I-
hope there will be no question VYhW J §end it to you. _
(pLn\^
Copy.
THE NEW YORK PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
257 5th., Ave,,N.Y. City.
October aith.,1889
The North American Phonograph Co.,
160 Broadway, N.Y.City.
Gentlemen: -
We receive a good many complaints regarding the Edison
No.l Battery:tho following from our Agent in Rochester, is a sample.
"In regard to the hvmdred hour battery about which you wrote
me on the Srd. ,inst,I can simply say that none of them have worked
even when they were new. The Mr. Riley sent here by the Edison Pho¬
nograph Co., set up a new battery T/hen they first came in and he was
unable to make them go, so that their not going is not due to want
of cleaning or anything of the kind. I set up a battery myself the
day before yesterday, was very careful in every way, and after run¬
ning a half hour or so it stopped and has not run since, and Mr.
Wilson of Buffalo writes me that he is having the same Jtrouble."
What would you advise in such cases?
ef)
Gentlemen:
Your statement dated Oct. 1st. is at hand. With
reference theretd We desire to state that the batteries have not
met their guarantee. They have both'f-ailed several times after
use of not lottger then three of fovif days, and we have not touched
them at all they having set up and ohargedjiby an employee of
the. Edison Manufacturing^dorapany^aqh tdme#. vWs^quote^f rpm-a
<. -letter reoeivgd, ;^<^/tKei^ Sept. 23rd. as follows. ’ We cannot
guaranteeHhat this battery will run one hundred hours if it is
* > -i I • I
only, worked twenty jor thirty -minutes. -a day when, our estimate is
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'based upon the battery being used on an average of four hours a
• ' •. '* i • ,
day". Now we can not insist that our‘ curt omers shouy( use their
■phpnogrhph four hours a *da;^ and unless the b^
ful-
prao-
l^uiwBi’they are ]
be%i| such that we.
We are not using them now at all
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(Mr Thomas. A. Edison.
I Orange.
j New Jerasy^
bear Sir.
i'r . Phonograph^and h§ye quite an important
(scientifio )exhibition to make in a edpy ghort time, and it Is '
Ijto the interest of the Phonograph, that we have a Cylinder that
(is Dictated by you, and we will presume t, o insist that you send
Ijthe same at once.-
j| I have written you several tlaifes for this,aiid hope yoii
jwill not think me prosistent,but in this oasd.I am bound to
I appear so.
ii Dont let .any of the Boys put '•Pebbles* in their mouth arid
jiimitate you (as has so often been done), but send thd genuine
(article, as I will' surely know thwedifferenee,and should atty thia
(Of ■the kind ooour,it would do me no good whatever, as I wo Srr
(not use lt»
I We hope to make the Hew Machine a great success, as we
I are pushing OHIiY the Phono garaph.
I i have sent the N.A.P.Co. an order for one half J)oz of
(the New Musical Cylinder's for the New Phono, and ^ woiad he
'glad if Walter would select something very loud and distinct
(as this is for the Bank of Co meroe, where there are several of
jiycuir good friends, and at that place the Machine will only be
(Shown -using the 14 Inch Tin Hom.I cannot get them to use it-
j otherwise .and it is a place where I shall get many orders,
ji Very Truly Yours.
1889. Phonograph - Talking Doll (D-89-64)
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents
concerning the manufacture and promotion of Edison’s talking doll. Many of
the documents pertain to the organization and management of the Edison
Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. Included also are letters requesting dolls
or asking for information about them. Among the correspondents are William
W. Jacques, president of the Toy Manufacturing Co., and Benjamin F. Stevens,
a company director. There are also numerous letters by Edison’s friend, A. B.
Dick, who was making inquiries about the manufacture of dolls while traveling
in continental Europe.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal
and acknowledgement and other routine business correspondence by the Toy
Manufacturing Co.; a 19-page list of company stockholders (one page
containing Edison’s name has been filmed); unsolicited inquiries regarding the
talking doll and the talking doll business; duplicate copies of selected
documents; documents that duplicate information in selected material.
Also not filmed is a set of coded cablegram messages exchanged among
Edison, Tate, and Samuel Insull. The messages were subsequently decoded
and transcribed by Edison’s staff. Photocopies of decoded transcriptions
relating to the talking doll have been filmed in this folder. The original
decoded transcriptions can be found in D-89-20 (Edison, T.A. - Secretary -
Tate, Alfred O.).
[W.H. DEAN TO ALFRED 0. TATE]
3^soi^®'^l}opograpl^ JVfapfg. gon^papy.
..• OFFICE OP THE TREASURER •.•
95 MILK STREET. - . Room 73.
K^soi|®^l^oi)ograpl) ^^papy.
••• OFFICE OF THE TREASURER •••
95 MILK STREET, - - Room 73.
Yours very truly,
President.
3^sor,"l>I,oi,ograpl, r^y gonjpnpy
•■• OFFICE OF THE TREASURER •,•
95 MILK STREET. - . 73
• 5’eb. 26 , 89.
Mr. Edison would like you to wite Jacques,
and ask him if he means cutting or talking.
Edison Laboratory, ■ r . .-r. - .
Orange, ■’ A '-■'tv-!.**'??']
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My dear Alf./- . j. -'v. .. .
As I wired you from Boston, I closed a memorandum of •‘ ■7
agreement, which of course will be much enlarged before 'finaliy' ' Vr,'.' ^
closing ^or five years, a copy of which I send you. There^ar^eia number^^of^ffl
Vtfii4;ic2U{tx questions which will have to be discuss^ed before/.the ■, oontr^ct"sV|^
are finally closed. I shall write you again ln,a-\day. or two' oh- this poifft^'"*
1 came from Montreal, getting here last night, • and' missed'Barr. all
along the Board. He was in Toronto yesterday,' and went to 'Lindsay'last ^
night, ani then to Montreal this mornfiig'r:'‘As''Sobn'-asfl?;hearr'from;'him I will "
TOite you. In Boston they received me as usual with j'oVenK'^s , and' treated I
^ .r^vv'i ,sx!,3ri' ,
me very well. The reason they did not*^anOT^ ny^letTOTTasking^'-for" contrac- '
ts was tliat they fcou|d>hotVdo|'solvb‘ecause*^a not been determined upon
at which the phonog^a^i^, should, beigi^ko^ They are very anxious that the
phonograph sho.uld':b.^v-y trj^aiet fron^ the Laboratory,- but theyseem 'to think ■ ■
that your prices:,.^ajiii^h|iinl'" that ‘they have had from: other factortesri
-d a much lower ji^ate th^^you have given. I. have, uip doubt they win^
-tie more, to get>them ..^^;^yie Laboratory> but how much -I -am not prepared''to"''P
say. Before I'.finaliy^|gge“ contracts 1 will-ineet you-'and Insull, in thei
meantime ,Kwii’f\he&*
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EUGENE H. LEWIS
,ytcu.> May 15th.. isao.
My near Mr. Tate;
I^c iuy mono. uo. Kppiying to
of yesterday fron Boston, just at hand, I beg to say;
(1) Vaiether the man. with M. &. G. trhich J. signed as
President, binds the Company, depends on the By-laws. But you may
safely assu;j,e that technically speaking it dons not bind the Com-
j siTch an important matter, the Directors must act formally
Otherwise the action of the President would probably bo void.
(2) V/hether the Directors can grant Mr. Edison an
exclusive right to manufacture for foreign use, in view of the
aforesaid existing mem»,is of course a question they must decidd
for thanselves. You say you have not seen that man. If 1 were
you, Iv/ould insist on seeing It. It seems to me that Mr. Edison
can afford to take his chancesthai the mem. is void, if the Direct¬
ors are willing to take a like chance.
(3) , You say that St told you that the Directors were
going to consult the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Pro¬
bably that is arrant nonsense. The Chief Justice would show them
o ^ St°t quickly. No Chief Justice practises lavf in his
(4) Whether you can get an injunction depends so much
on the facts you could set up in an adfidavit,and on local law and
usage, my opinion givenfrom here, without the facts before me, would
not be worth much. I suggest that you take advice on this point
frcm a local Boston attorney. The name and address of the Boston
lawyer who represents the Edison light Co. and the Boston Edison
Co., I will ascertain and add at the bottom of this letter. He is
an old Boston lawyer of good standing. If for any reason you pre¬
fer to go to sane other lawyer,! suggest Mr. Henry D. Hyde, of
Hyde, Dickinson & Howe, 150 Devonshire St. If you will menjtion my
n^e to Mr. Hyde, and perhaps remind him who I am, it will set you all
right. His firm is one of the best in the City, but very much
hi^er priced than the attorney first above mentioned*
(5) It seems tome that if you are stiff, positive and
aggressive, you can carry your point. However, the judgnent of a
man on the spot like pourself.is far better than the opinion, off-a
absentee like myself.
Regretting that 1 cannot give you more positive advice,
and trusting that you will appreciate why I cannot do so, I remain,
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with bast wishes,
Very ttmly yourjS,
To - - - -
At 0. Tate Bsq.,
Hotel Vendcme, Boston, Mass.
The address above, mentioned is William H. (or W. ) Gooch, 34 School
St., Boston, Mass.
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Edison to give license for foreign countries, covering all
existing inventions and impro’vements pertaining to speaking dolls,
and all future inventions and improvements made during next five
(5) years, giving exclusive right to manufacture and sell and to
.license others to manufacture and sell, but not assignable, for
any co uiitry, v/ithout consent in vrriting of Edison'.
Simultaneously the Company gives Edison a contract, sub¬
stantially in form stibmitted, granting exclusive right to manufac¬
ture for sale in foreign countries, for the life of the license
referred to'. Edison cannot assign this manufactttring contract
except to a corporation in v/hich he retains full voting control'.
A royalty of twenty per cent {20^) of the shop price of movements
to be paid Edison!. Edison to Imve one-eighth (1/fe) of the Capital
stock of Toy Phono!. Co', and this proportion to be maintained v;ith
respect to any further increase so long as Edison retains the
stock so issued to him. Edison to liave one representati'VE' on Toy
Phono ''.•::aui^S;HBoa;i^ao long as he can qualify!.
Cash now in Company's treasury not to be used to settle
Madden-Gilli land, claim, and Edison's holding of stock to be at
least 40.^ greater than, the number of shares issued to M'. & GU or
sold to settle their claimt
Before formal contract is made with Edison, Toy PhonoU Co'i to
submit to him copies of all agreements which liave been made by it
relative to foreign countries'*
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I liave written to Mr. Tate concerning a few
points of interest. I am obliged to you for your introduction to Mr.
Stevenson.
It would please, ^me very much to have an interview
with you at Orange concerning the importance of securing the right man
to manage the general interests of the Company. I judged from one
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of tlie last remarks you made to us at Orange, and, its importance has
gro™ upon me more and more. The business which we all hope to make a
prosperous one, it seems to me more tlm any other tiling requires the
right man in tlie right place, and we should leave no effort untried to
secure sucli an one, for no matter how good a business may be, it is
subject to leaks and a; person may be smart in.'one way but totally in-
different in another. I know from my own business, which is mostly
done through agencies. We pay a man a large salary to constantly
visit our agencies. He drops in on them when the agents least expect
it, and we save more than ten times the salaiy we pay in keeping even
responsible men close to their balances. I think if it is concluded
to establish the toy doll business through agencies, it will require a
very able and energetic man to look after the interests of the Com¬
pany. Your experience in this direction must be more valuable tlian
ours can be and it is for this reason that L hope you will name a day
convenient to you when you will see me. Other matters of importance
may arise, about which your knowledge will be of the greatest importan¬
ce about starting out. There is but one way to do things, - the right
way. Excuse me for troubling you, but I know the interest is mutual.
I’OST OWMCK S^ITAltK,
June 27th. 1889.
Dear, Mi*.' Tate ; X
Sir
The Directors of the Toy Phonograph Conmany held
an informal meeting this morning, as I told you they would. They
read with a great deal of interest the correspondence of Mr. Dick
with Mr. Edison concerniiig the manufacture and sale of Toy Dolls in
foreign countries. Also I presented them with the name of Mr. Steven¬
son as an applicant for a business position. I explained to them
the impression I had of the business qualities of that gentleman as
thqr appeared to me, and it was thought best to delay any action on
their part until after I liad seen Mr. Edison at Orange. I sMll be
pleased to meet him again when the subject of a General Manager can
be discussed and an intercliange of views given upon this matter,
Which as Mr. Edison stated in our interview was of vital importance
to the Company and to him personally as representing more than one-
tenth of the stock. I Shan be pleased to l^ave Mr. Edison name a day
after tJ,e 4th. proximo when it will be perfectly convenient to him to
meet me and perhaps one other of the directors, of this however I am
not so sure as so many of our people get away from the city for a few
days to avoid the unrest which usually follows the festivities of the
day.
In relation. to the foreign business, I would call your
attention to the fact tliat copies of the Crawford and Pleyel
contracts were sent to Mr. Edison some. time ago. It is a question if
Crawford's contract is binding, but this I mention only in view of
the correspondence of Mr. Dick. Mr.-Dean, I think you. will remember,
has an agreement concerning Canada. We understood through Mr. Hutch-
inson, that Mr. Edison will forego the payment of the .$5ooo. which
would be payable July 1st. If this is not so, "there is a misunder-
standing widcli should be rectified^g^elee^aph. I think that the
matter was talked over with Major on Mr. Hutchinson's last
visit to New, York, subsequent to our invertiew .at Orange. The $5ooo.
due Mr. Lippincott win be provided for on Saturday. He was written
to on tlie 2oth. but nothing has come to hand yet; consequently he has
be« this .orntog, „ be., the, Major else
Should be telegraphed, - wjdch has been done.
I think of nothing else to communicate. I hope to
liear from you in the morning and I shall give prompt attention to your
letter.
It is the expression of our Board that every tiling shall
be done in their power to work in harmony with Mr. Edison for the
good of all concerned on a basis of the strictest business principles
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Here is another letter from hioh: , \ ':■ _
Prom all that we can learn from hiok’s correspondenoe. it\ '
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seens that the (jreat distribntinc centre for dolla in ^rope, isv,
The Boston Oon^any had a contract with T, o, Crawford, cove¬
ring liVanoe, a copy of whLoh is in Major baton’s hands. Mr.
Stevens states in his -letter to mo, \inder date June 37tli, 89:
•It is a question if Crawford's contract is binding.* P. 7„
Maguire came to the Laboratory the other day, and told me that he
was associated with Crawford in the matter of this contract, a«i
that the agreement had lapsed, and he wanted to obtain from me
information in regard to yoiu* relatione with the Toy .Phono. Co.,
so as to enable himself and Crawford to decide whether th S' would
se* a renewal of their contract. If there are any grounds what-
evfsr upon whioh the Crawford contract can be abrogated. It is very
impo rt^t that' the Boston GompaiV. should take advantage 'bf them.
Otherwise Crawford is going to ^;oohtrol the -'bulk of tHh European
trade. I have to-night written Mr. Stevens regarding the into
vier; I had with Maguire, and as you are to see that gentleman on
Monday, July 8th, I have arran/jod to have this no to presented to
you on that day, no you can bJ-lng tills question up for discussion
and inipreaa upon the Boston people the necessity of RettiriB rid
of Crawford.
J^soirpl^opoarapl^ Joy ]V[ai|tg.
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Dear Sir:
Re E. P. T. MiPg, Co. Enclosed please find a oon-
?hreroiJ^Jr ^i^***®*®?*®"**^”® diirislon of the $10,000.
p™ria2r,%'.“:i,°‘«r;: “r*
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Srff'i indlviduaiiy opposite the small
"“"® ondemeath as President of the
also/haye the seal of the Cozm-
pany affixed to the laige rod seal ae Pi?esident as aforesaid. •
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Very/ truly yours.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.
JAMES F. KELLY.
, *■ THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS,
WIRE INSULATING DEPARTMENT.
19 Dey Street,
New York. juiy ii, isos.
Scunuel Insull, Esq.,
General Itogr. The Edison Machine Vlorks,
19 Dey Street, Mew York City.
Dear Sir;
At your request 1 have tried to acquaint myself with the toy
trade, with especial reference to the “doll department." My very
limited knowledge of the bvsiness must be ms'’ excuse if I have failed
to cover all the points you desired information upon.
The very large jobbers place their import orders in the
early part of the year — some as early as January and February, and
others in tfe.rch and April. If they find the prospects for a largo
business good, so that they are in danger of running out of stock,
they place further orders along in July or August.
Only the very largest jobbers import, the smaller fry con¬
tenting themselves with buying from the stock of the big jobbers
chiefly in New York and Baltimore. These smaller jobbers buy in
August or September, and their purchases drag along even into October
and November. In point of fact, the big as wall as the little jeo-
bers buy all the year through, though the two great seasons. are. ...ue
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s;-!:v. y j^art of the year (February or mrch) and diu'infj the latter half
of the year (August or September. )
If, iiowever, a novelty is iivoroduced, the jobbers v/ill buy
the moment it is ready for sale, irrespective of f/hether it is a
proper or improper season. The Phonograph doll, for instance, would
be gobbled up immediately if it were ready to be put on the market.
Of course, the jobber recommends that only the jobbers be given the
handling of such a novelty, saying that if retailers were alloived to
handle it that the jobbers would resent the interference with the
trade and refuse to push the goods. On the other hand, a salesman of
many years' experience, who has travelled all over the country for
one of the lai-gest jobbing houses in this City, advised me by all
means to place such goods as I had for sale with the very largest
retail houses throughout the country, for the reason that some of
these retail stores will sell more high-priced dolls than a good-sized
jobbing house. As an exajnple of the kii\d of retail house referred to,
he cited the house of P. A. 0. Schwarz, 14th Street, this City. This
house is controlled by three brothers, one managing the New York house
and the other two managing J,wo other houses in as many cities. One
of the three does the buying for all the houses and goes to Europe
every spring to place his order. Such a house as this probably buys
fully as many dolls as would a respectable jobbing house. These re-
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marks of course apply equally v/ell to John Wananaker, of Philadelphia,
R.II, t'laoy iU Co. of New York, etc.
If the ^lonograph attachments are to be put into the dolls
in this country, it is suggested that, the best plan for getti.ig the
dolls here is to import them through some large importer, such as
Borgfeld, of 425 Broome St., this City, who is said to be the largest
importer in this line of b\isiness, and who will import for a commis¬
sion of 5 per cent.
It is essential that the doll be of such material and general
construction as to malce it a good receptacle for the Phonograpii parts,
and at the sane time it will be well not to have it depart much from
the now accepted or prevailing styles.
Leaving aside the very cheap dolls as being useless for pho¬
nograph purposes, I find that tie most popular dolls are those with
Bisc heads and kid bodies, or Bisc head and patent- jointed bodies.
Only the latter is of use for our purpose as the kid body has to be
stuffed, and it \vould be impossible to attach moving parts.
Dark -haired dolls are unpopular. In general four-fifths of
the dolls made have brown or decidedly blonde hair and the remaining
fifth have black hair.
"Human Eyes" should be used in preference to
the cheap glass eye. The hair should be long and banged or curled
in the front, and should fall freely from the head; braided hair or
anything of that sort being decidedly out of style. The lips siiould
be apart slightly showing the teeth.
The very large and clumsy doll is now very seldom called for;
the most popular sir.os running 13 in., 20 in. .and 22 in. in height.
An la-in.-doll with "human eyes", good bisc head, long flowing hair,
patent-jointed body, etc., can be imported by any large importer at
about $7,50 per dozen. Stirn « Lyon, of 20 Park Pl.ace, this City,
kindly volunteered to furnish samples with the hope that when we are
ready to import we may favor them with an order.
Most good jobbing houses buy on ten days' time. Goods order¬
ed in the early part of t.ne year, (February or March) are not deliv¬
ered until- June or July following.
The above is glea,ned from conversations with either the buyer
or one of the principals of nearly every large house in the City. As
I have already intimated, I may have overlooked some' very inportant
points through ignorance of the business, but i have become so well
acquainted with the trade during the past fev/ days that I can very
quickly get any additional information you may need.
S.I.Mo.S.
By ths -.’/ay, thsre is one point about which I could get very
little int'orination, and tint is the probable demand for such a novelty
as the Phonograph doll. The remarks of one buyer will serve for allf.
"If", said the buyer for Stirn £< Lyon, "you can put a novelty of this
“kind on the mai'ket for about $3 you ?/ill sell an enormous nuinbsr,
"while it you expect to get $5, you will sell but comparatively f ev/. "
"Of course," he continued, "every jobber wxiuld buy a few even at a
“still higher price, just for the novelty, but I warn you that any-
"thing above a $3 doll v/ill have a slow sale." It v/as impossible to
pin him dowii to anything like actual fifjures.
Following are the mmes of the principal jobbers throughout
the country:
Rogge « ICooh of Baltimore are the biggest people in the
business next to G.Borgfeld & Co. of New York.
a few large retail houses.
Baltimore,
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New York
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Prior ic. Co i
G.Borgfeld &. Co.
Strobel.c. Wilkins L
Stirn £: Lyon, I
Henrichs & Co. J
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Rogers St Co. ,
Leopold ik Sons,
Johjiston, Tallman « Co. ,
' T. A. Schwarz,
Meyer Sc Schoenemann, , ^
Anton Winters, J
Knost Bros. St Co.,
August Koenig Sc Co. ,
Zsrnitz Notion St Toy Co.,
A.Meinecke Sc Co. , ’ 'j
Delorme Sc Quentin, j'
Union Toy Sc Carriage Co.,
Levy Sc Steam,
Leek S: Boering,
Hein, Binswanger k Co
Mablay Sc Co . ,
Febrizins,
Schv/eriltmann,
The Scliraidt Toy Sc Nn
Philadelphia.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
New Orleans, La.
Chicago, Ill.
Milivaulcee, Wis.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Detroit, Itich.
Large Retail Dealers:
R. H.Kacy cc Co. , Mev,
John Wanemaker Plii
Yours very truly,
York City,
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New York City -July 11th. 1889.
I have made some inquiries regarding the doll
business and have more to make, but. think perhaps I had b fetter give
you the information as I get it.
I thought it possible that Tiffany might sell some
of the high priced dolls at j&nas, but upon asking the question at the
store found that they never had done anything of the kind. The same
is true of Arnold & Constable and Lord & TaylOr. At Dennings,
formerly Stewart's, they sell a good many at Itaas, at prices from $5.
to $25. dressed. They' are Imported from Paris, and are called, the
' JUmeau* Jdoll. ( the word may not be properly spelled, but it was
pronounced Jvhno. -There is no demand at this house, except at the
holiday season, when they sell about 1000 in all of which 2oo or 3oo
are at prices from $5, to $25. the rest from 80 cts. up.
I next called on Mr. Geo. Lisner, prop'r of
Palais Royal, I4th' St. & Fifth Ave. This place has recently been
burned out, but I fortunately met Mr. Lisner just at the door as he
was leaving. The business at this place was in fancy goods,. Mrw
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Lisner considered the business in high priced dolls very limited. The
highest priced doll he had ever imported was $56. 'dressed, and of
these about six were sold in a year. Of dolls at $8. upwards, he
sold say four or five hundred, the larger part being at the lower
price. From here;! went to Schwarz, 42 J3.14th. St 45 E. 13th. St
& 77 University Place, the largest store of the kind in this city, de¬
voted entirely to toys. Saw Mr, Schwarz himself but didntget much
out Of him, he being at first apparently of the impression that 1 was
trying to sell him some dolls. After I had succeeded in making him
understand my errand, he still seemed disinclined to talk much, sayiig
that before last »nas a gentleman from Boston had interviewed him on
the subject Of the Edison doll, and that he had given all the infor-
nation he could and could say no more. Hie gentleman had said that
the dolls would be ready by July 1st., but thqy were not etc, e$,c.
Mr. Schwarz is a German and talks with an accent and we didnt' get
along at all well for a wMie, but did better after a little. He
said the trade in expensive dolls was limited; he had sold one for
$250., thought there were- not many people that oared to pay $l5 or
$20. for a doll; there was always a larger demand for than at Xmas;
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eouldnt say how many, - in fact I could not pen him down to an estimate
in figures, but always 'a good many* or 'not many*. He was not in
the least ill natured or discourteous, but seemed averse to saying
much to me, as he had already given the gentleman from Boston all the
information he could before last Xmas, but.nothing had come of, it.
Prom my visits to the three stores named above it ap¬
pears that they all agree tliat the market for expensive dolls is limi¬
ted, - and that at Xinas is the time when there is a demand for the
higher priced goods; that * expensive* applies to dolls selling upwards
of $5. to $8. When 1 endeavored to get Mr. Schwarz to say about
what was the sale of dolls at say $16. he replied, 'YoU can judge as
well as I can. You would not hesitate to take home a doll at $2.50
but would think a long while before paying $15.* He evidently sized
me up as about ah average buyer, and on looking about me I noticed
raw on row of dolls ticketed $2.50. All the gentlemen I saw had
heard of the Edison doll, and appeared to have expected to see it on
the market before this. Mr. Roundtree, the man at Dennings' told me
that he heard two years ago that at Ridley’s on Grand St., there were
a few of them on sale at $8.
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While I did ray best to get information, I am far
from satisfied at the result, and will try again. I shall go to
Altman’s, Simpson, Crawford & Simpson’s, O’Neill’s, Stern’s & Rid¬
ley’s, and hope to be able to report less vaguely.
-Yours very truly -
(Signed) Wm. Ratoliffe Jr.
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Copy.
New York, City, July 12th. 1889.
Dear Mr. Stevens,
Your favor of the 11th. was duly received. I will
certainly bear in mind its contents and advise you at the earliest
opportunity. Tliere are two or three men ihat I think of, who might
fill the bill, but the right man must possess certain qualifications,
and so before mentioning them to you, I want to think it over.
As you invite me to write of anything that I think may
interest you, I take the liberty of speaking freely, believing that
you know me well enough to pardon me if I seem to be over zealous or
go beyond what is expected of me. As I wrote yesterday, I was not
satisfied with my interviews with Messrsi Roundtree, Li sner and Schwara.
Each of them had heard of the Edison doll before, and each spoke in a
manner to imply that he thought Uieye was- nothing in it. It was the
manner, not the words, that gave me this impression, as brie might say.
Oh yes, I know, the Edison doll. 1 heard about that long agoy but it
never seems to have come to anything, and I guess it don’t work. Thgr
didn’t
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didn't say so, but I felt it, and combated the idea whicJi they seemed
to have by slipping in the information that there was a change in the
Directory and affairs would be pushed right along. All agreed that
it seemed to be a good thing and that it should be brought out before
it got stale, and all wanted to see a sample. In each case I replied
that it was possible that I might be able to show one in a few days,
an invitation to call again being the result. You will remember we
spoke Of this the other day and you thought you might be able to send
me one. I am intending to go to several placed on Monday, and real]y
think if I could show one of the dolls it would greatly assist. Would
you mind sending me a line, as to the probabilities ,and if it is on:y
a luestion Of a few days, I would wait, otherwise go ahead without
the sample.
One otlier question. ,Do you know if any one else is
n-aking inquiries in this city besides me, or is any one selling the
don here ? I ask because I heard today that such is the ease; it
came to me in this way; My clerk, Mr. Robinson, was at one time with
rassavant & Co. a large importing house, and on the day I received
your first letter I enquired of him whether Passavant & Co. ever im-
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ported French Speaking dolls, saying that I wanted to get some infor¬
mation on the subject. They did not, but he Iiad seen in some store
windov/ a large doll on which was a card saying, - This doll says so
and so, - the speech being written out on the card. It was some time
since, somewhere about the Jfinas holidays he thought, and he could not
remember what store it was, I asked himto walk up that way (the
vicinity of 14th. St) to see if he could locate it. Last evening,
walking home, and having in mind my question, he went into the store
of *The Strobel & Wilken Co* 443 & 445 Broadway, to make inquiry for
me as to speaking dolls, and today tells me that they have none on
hand, but expected a supply very shortly, not of French dolls but of
Edison’s Manufacture^ Edison’s man having been in the day before and
taken the order.
.1 was under the impression that there were none
of the goods in the .ma,rket yet, but I dqn’t want to spread that im¬
pression if I am wrong. ' ' ■ ■ . ,
-Yours very, truly- ‘ : ' ■■
'■■.(Signed) WnuV Bat Cliff e Jr,
[ALFRED 0. TATE TO SAMUEL INSULL, JULY 18, 1889; INSULL TO TATE, JULY 19, 1889 (PHOTOCOPIES).]
London, Jiily 18th, 1889.
Vlre status toypbono. Will stovons he. preparad deal with :
foreigb husinsss on arrival and when. Tate.
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Toy doll praetioaUy oloaed. Stevena expaots negotiate.
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Boston, Octobcf :
Siiooinl Mooting of the Sloekholdcrs ot the Edison Phonograph Toy Hamif _C
3Inino, Jidy 3, 1889, it wns uimnniionsiy Voted : ''Timt tiic Cnpitni Stock of tiiis Coipo
■oby is, inoionsod by lidding tiioroto forty tiioiisiiiid (40,000) simres, of the piir vniiie of t
inch, so tiiiit tile cnpitni stock of tiiis corporation siinii bo lixod nt, niid is iioroby dccinrod
inis (81,000,000) j and said cnpitni stock is divided into one iiiindrcd tiioiisand (100,000)
duo of ton doiinrs (810.00) ench.”
it was fnrttior Voted : “ That tiic Directors of tiiis corporation be, and they iiercby are, nut
any or ali tiic simres of stock iviiicii siinii be issued iiiidor tiio vote to incrense tiio onpit
iition, for tiic best interests of tiio corporation, and snid Directors are iierotiy niitiiorized to
laid stock and use it ns may seem to tiiem for tiic best interests of the conipaiiy.”
ig in aeoordance witii tiiis vote, tlic olliccrs of tiiis company iiavo niadc contracts witii T
til tile Nortli Anicrienn Piionogrnpii Company, and witii the Edison Phonograpii Coiiipaiiy,
Piionograpii Toy Mniiiifnctiiriiig Company acquires tiie exciusivc right to use in doiis and t
trios of tiio worid, and for nii time, nit of Mr. Edison’s inventions, wiietiior hitiiorto iiindo
iig tile coming live years from tiio date of tiic contracts.
0 contracts further assure to tills Company very substantial rediictions of royalty to be paid
icr valiialilc considerations.
ir a contract nindc some time ago, responsible parties lind uiidcrtakon tlie niamif et o n
cigii countries, and tlie cstablislinicnt of factories mid agencies connected tlicrcwitli, and I
•rod considerable expense. This contract lias been cancelled and thus all inattera coimectei
linoss revert to tills company.
iiisideration of the above contracts your Dircctora liavc caused to bo issued to the various
'oiity-foiir thousand (2 1,000) simres of stock out of tlie ineroaso of capital, and liave ret
sixteen tlioiisand (10,000) simres in tiic treasury.
rtlior contiact lias been made between tiic Edison Piionograpii Tov Ma f ct i g Com
Edison, by which tli/eiitirc ninnufnctiiro of dolls for tiio trade of tlie world is now under JIi
porvisioii, and in accordaiico witii which the talking iiicckanisins are fiirnislicd to tiiis com
idisoii lias built and equipped a factory now capable of turning out live liiiiidrcd (.nOO)
ilianisms per day, suitable to be placed in dolls, and tins factory is in operation. Tliese fac
ixteiided up to a capacity of tlireo thousand per day.
ompany 1ms secured the services of Edgar S. Allien, a gontleinan tlioroiiglily conversant wit
tills country and Europe, and Mr. Allien is now in Europe piirchnsiiig dolls suitable to cc
raplis.
ompany lias fiirtlicr made contracts with responsible selling agents in France, South America
lilic Const of the United States by wliicli tlicso agents agree to piircliasc of tlie company on a
iiindrod ttioiisaiid dolls per year for a period of live years.
intended to establish agencies in tlie various otiicr’forcigii countries as rapidly as practical
ado is to be supplied directly by tlie company throiigli its general inniingcr.
tlic expeotiition of tlie company to deliver complete talking dolls, in qiiiintitics, to the dome
ioiiiing holidays.
I your Directors regret the delay necessitated by the making of tliese contracts and by the cl
ir umnufactnrei they feci that the franchises and facilities thus acquired, together .with the
lady owned, the strong ilnniicial condition of the company, and the large number of orders
msincss outlook exceedingly promising.
Very respectfully,
BENJAMIN F. STEVENS,)
OTIS E. WELD, I
E. M. FIELD, I Oi
LOWELL C. BRIGGS, (
W. W. JACQUES, )
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Portland, Maine, Sept 27, 1889.
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Sttisou grtono0VJH)It goa ^fa. ©o.
Yoa are hereby notified that the Annual
Meeting of the Stoelcholders of said corporation
will he held at the office of the Company, to wit:
the office of Clarence Male, Mo. 89 Exchange
Street, Portland, .Maine, on Thursday, the Seven¬
teenth day of October, 1889, at one o'ctoch in the
afternoon, for the following purposes, viz:—
First: — To elect Directors, and all otiicr ncecssary olllccrs.
Sboond: — To transact any other business iviiioii may properly come
before said meeting.
Per order of the Directors,
CLAEEMCE MALE,
Clerh of said Corporation.
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1809. Approximately 570 stockholders, mostly from the
Massachusetts area, held 84,000 shares. Edison was the leading
shareholder, owning 14,000 shares. In 1889 the par value of each
share was 10 dollars.]
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SECRETARY OF STATE:
In compliance with the Statutes of the State of Maine, the
of the
makes the following return of the names of all the Stockholders of .said corporation, their residence
A ‘="ch, and the whole amount paid in on the first day of November!
Whole amount of Stock paid in November ist, 18
SAMUEL INSULL.
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A. 0. Tato, Esq. ,
Edison*."! Laboratory, Orange, N.J.
Roforrlng to your favor of the 30th ult., when I wont to
Boston to arrange the matter of the contract for making Phonograph
Dolls, I took with mo a movement inside of a body so as to show the
Phonograph Doll Company exactly vdiat kind of a body wo propose to
provide them with. On Mr. Batchelor *s suggestion I told the Directors
of the Doll Company not to consider the body I took a modol---the work
was far too rough for us to put it in as such. Mr. Batchelor promised
to have another body put in shape and let mo have it so that I could
file it with the Doll Company as the model agreed upon. If this model
has not been prepared it should bo immediately, and I would like to
sec it before it is sent to Boston as I want to be sure that it com¬
plies with the exact form of the doll body on which I took the order
to go aficad and manufacture.
Yours truly,
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Neuilly-sur-Seine
le SOth. October 1889.
Dear Sir ; I learn that you are placing doll contracts in Paris
and intend to place them on the market here very soon.
I desire to notify you tliat I shall contest your rig^
to nequi-re- the contract you made with me and which you never gave me
the doll promised in accordance with our verbal understanding so as
to be able to carry out tlie contract. I have previously notified you
by letter that I was ready to carry out the terms of the contract if
you would send me a doll as promised. I also have Mr. Briggs' letter
explaining the delay in sending the dolls.
I have placed the ease in the liands of John Dos Passos
Mills Building, N.Y. City and refer you to him for the course you decide
to take in the matter. I did not seek you business and shall use Svir'
eveiy means in niy power both liere & in New York to resist the attempt
to ignore the understanding made with me.
-Yours truly-
( Signed) T. C. Crawford.
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EDISON PHONOGRAPH TOY MAHEG,^ COMPANY,
Boston, Nov, nth, 18S9,.'
T,' 0,' Cravford, Esq,,
Neuill y - aur - Seine ,
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of 30th ult, is at hand. Before it was
received tlie enolosod letter had been written, and v^as about to
be nailed,' You vfill see that it was qT;(£.te rinnecessary to brii® a
lawyer into the business, but as you have done so a oo'py of the
enolo sea has been sent to him,
V/hat you have learned about the Oompany’s plaeirg doll oon-
traots in Paris, and its intentions in regard to placing than on
the narket there, has no f oundation in ihct,- Somebody has in5)osed
upon you, as it was only on Saturday last that wo received a wor¬
king model from Mr, Edison,- V/e shall be pleased to ^ow models
to anyone in Nevf York, that yoi may nano, if it v/iU feoilitate
bu sin®ss.
Yours very truly,
Daniel Weld,
Secret ary,-
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IDISOH PHOHOtHlAPH TOY MAMPe,' OOIvtPAHY.
Boston, Nov. 9tTh, 1889.
OrawfoE-d,
Paris,IVano!0,
Dear Sir:-
- Referring to the contract bet7/0!m yoa and this Compaa^,
dated Deo., 28th, 1883, the Company Tinderstands that said contract
has beai forfeited by you on account of your ihilure to deposit
the bonds the'roin called for.
Under the circumstances, however, the Company will not insist
upon its right to claim such forfeitur® nov/, but will give you the
option to cancel the contract or go on Td.th it aocordi:® to its
terms, such option to be cotrmunioatea to tho Company on or before
Dec*' 31st, 1389.
Should ycM decide to go on please deposit at once upon such
decision satisfactory bonds according to the provisions of said
oontraot, aia itimediately upon receipt thereof, tho Conpany will
forv/ard you models of dolls, and upon due compliance by you with
said contract, the Ccmpansr is ready to carry out the same acoordinK
to the torne thereof. °
But it must be undearstood, that unless such bonds are filed
with the Company on or before Dec. 31st, 1889, the Oonpany will
claim and enforce any and all rights of forfeiture it may lave:,
pettier now existing or hereafter arising, and it dsieB not by this
letter waive any such present ri^ts unless the teims hereof and
of said contract bo strictly complied with, aid in no event does
It waive any rigtots arising out olf any future breach or failure on
your part.
Yours very truly.
(Signed;)
Daniel Wold,
Secretary.
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and kind to me, and did a great deal towards furthering the interests
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ford to^as he is a very wealti^y man.
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Dear Sir:
Replying to your valued favor of the 30th uit., just
received this morning, I beg to say that I have in my possession
one Certificate of Stock in the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing
Company, made out in the name of Thomas A.Edison, and not endorsed
by him, the said Certificate being No. A 1459, 14,000 shares, of tht
face value of $140,000, and dated August 8, IS89. This Certifi¬
cate not being endorsed, it is of cours.e not transferable.
I have also in my possession three agreements, dated
August 6, 1889, as follows;
One between the E.-P.T.M'f 'g. .Co. .atid„Thoma3 .A.Edison.
One betweeh the EP.Co. ahd the E.P.T.M’f 'g. Co.
One between Thomas A.Edison and the E;P.T.M’,f 'g. Co.
Hoping you will find the above sa-tisfaqtoryj i remain
Very twiiy yours, l^,.
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THE WESTJEHEt^ glggoag ’gSlaESRAPH OOMP.&M'ira
T. A, Edison Esq.
Dear Sir:-
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E.P.T.tifg. Co. By requa*^ of Mr. TateT"”"
I hand you enclosed herei7ith Certificate of stock in this Com¬
ply NO.A1459 14,000 shares.made out ih your na^e.aM iLenLrsed.
Please acknowledge receipt of some, and oblige,
Very truly yours,
EDGAR S. /(LUEN.
THE EDISON PHONOaRAPH
TOY |VIFG, eO„
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OFFICE OF
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TOY |\4FG, 60,/
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December 14th, i889.
Mr. English,
Mana^r The Edison phonograph T/orks ,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
It is necessary that Mr. D.M. Yeomans, our foreign repre¬
sentative, should tate over with him to Europe on Tuesday, a talk¬
ing machine complete with motor (without battery) and at least
fifty (50) blank .rings ready to be talked on. Will you kindly
have it ready so that I can ship it to this office when I come-
over on Monday. Yc-ur kind attention will greatly oblige
Yours very truly.
T<^( uai
OFFICE OF
EDGAR S. /iLLIEN.
THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH
TOY HFG. eo:,
J^O. 138 FIFTH yWENUE,
De 0 anb er 17 th, 1889 .
Charles Batchelor, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J.
My dear Mr. Batchelor; -
Business of importance Avill prevent my coming out to the
works today. i wrote to the conpany last evening giving the
result of our interview yesterday and informing them that they
could have Implicit trust in your revising the cost, also stated
that Mr. Edison would make a formal reply to Mr. Stevens' letter
giving a more definite idea of what the advanced cost vfould be.
If Mr. Edison has returned, will you kindly hand the bearer his
answer so that I may become acquainted with its contents, and I
will at once forwani it to the company.
Yours very tmly.
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This folder contains correspondence relating to automatic telegraphy and
other telegraph matters.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: meeting
announcements for the boards of trustees and stockholders of the Consolidated
Railway Telegraph Co. and the Consolidated International Railway Telegraph
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1889. Telegraph - Phonoplex (D-89-66)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to
the Edison Phonoplex System of Telegraphy. Most of the documents relate to
the installation of phonoplex circuits on various American and Canadian
railroads. Some of the items deal with the problem of finding suitable
batteries, condensers, and other components. There are also documents
regarding the phonoplex in Germany. Much of the correspondence is by W.S.
Logue, field agent for the phonoplex system. Most of Logue’s letters are
addressed to Edison’s secretary, Alfred O. Tate. Tate served as the company’s
electrician and oversaw its daily business operations. Edison himself was only
tangentially involved in phonoplex operations, and veiy few letters to or from
him can be found in this folder.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. The case
study approach begun in 1887 continues for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
substantive items relating to the operations of the phonoplex on that railroad
have been selected. In addition, the following categories of documents have
been filmed: documents indicating Edison’s own involvement in the phonoplex;
documents regarding the acquisition of phonoplex instruments by the German
Imperial Postal Museum; correspondence from Charles Selden of the
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Co. regarding a special discount for his
company’s use of the phonoplex; and an undated summary statement issued
by the Edison Phonoplex System.
The following categories of documents have not been filmed: most
documents dealing with phonoplex operations on other railroads; testimonials
solicited by Tate in late May; correspondence regarding the exhibition of
phonoplex equipment at the annual meeting of the Railway Telegraph
Superintendents’ Association; routine inquiries from railroad companies;
Logue’s accounts and personal correspondence.
Related material can be found in D-89-01 (Batteiy) and D-89-02
(Bergmann & Company).
Yow attention is invited to the follov/ing extract (trans¬
lation) from a letter addressed to this Department by the Postal Ad¬
ministration of Germany, viz
"It is intended to establish in the .Imperial Postal Museum
a Division for Telegraph-Apparatus by v/hich.ifi.s possible to send
messages in both- direct ions over a single wire# To This class of
apparatus belongs the Phonoplex System of Edison, referred' to in the
•Scientific American' for March 24, 1888, No. 12, pages 180 and 181i
."As. it is important to knov/' whether it is desirable to buy
such an apparatus., the German Office desires the opinions of Otompe-
tent persons, relative to the scientific and practical value of the
apparatus ;and if these opinions are favorable, to be informed of the
price of such- an apparatus, together v/ith fiill • information regarding
it;"
The Postmaster General would thank you to furnish him
with full information respecting the apparatus referred to, for
transmission to the German Offiee^in compliance with its request.
1 am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Superintendent Foreign Mails. ■
Mr. t;a; Edison,
Orange,
Nev/ Jersey.
Tn a letter of Movenicer 10t!i 1H8;), Mr. Gilliland wrote,
stating th»t the rate of Twenty Doilare per year perset, would be
the figure for the Phonoplex. He states that he writes in reply
to lay letter of the , to Mr. Rdison.
T well remember that we were, the first people to take up the
Phonoplexand geve facilities for the testing of it, and that there
v/as' an agreement enterred into between Mr. Rdison .and the Oompany
for the public, anci another agreement in v/hich the rate was very
much reduced, in fact, cut in two.
T write to ask, whether or not it is the intention to stand
by this agreement and give our Company the benefit of the reduction
Gen'l Sup't T
nnder that arrangement such a circuit as ,.e have between
Baltimore and ^ashinpton, for instance wonin v.
instance, would have cost a royalty
or o„J, .40,00 ..
r do not wish to hs consiOor.d ootins .nbitn.rllj «
and T am sure you do not, but in my position the only
thinf? for me to do is to fnko ■
to take copnisance of the correspondence an
agreement such as T understand to have been .
Tio nave been made between the two
companies, and under which + *
hich , instriments were put in service and
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when we can build sinpie lines for lees money than the rates charp-
ed. Besides that T think that Mr. Rdison reeopninas, as we did
at the time, that our road was entitled to the minimum price in
view Of the fact that took the sub.lect up at an early date and
in every way 'that we could assisted the oonpany when it was just
St art in p out.
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Personally, T did a pood deal in that direction and have al¬
ways, said a pood word for it.
Yours" truly,'
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GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'
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. TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
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last, to my letter No. 84 396, of the 16th. of the same month, enclosing
a desoriptiTO. pamphlet and other documents relative to your'iPhono-
“plex System of Telegraphy "for the information of the Postal Admin¬
istration of Germany :and stating that it vfould give you pleasure
to present to the German Administration a complete equipment for
t¥;o phonoplex terminal stations, for exliibition in the Imperial
Postal Museum in Berlin;! have to inform you that the tenor of your
commiuiication and the documents referred to v/ere promptly trans¬
mitted to the German Office. '
A communication has now been received from the German
Office dated the 29'th .ultimo, to the following extract (translation)
from which your attention is invited, viz
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Postal Museum.
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Office to learn that Mr. Edison has declared himself vfilling to pre¬
sent to the Imperial German Postal Museum a complete apparatus for ''
telegraphic communication between two terminal stations.
"The Imperial German Post Office would request the Post
Office Department to express its, thanks to Mr. Edison, and, in recog¬
nition of his kindness, to transmit to him the Books<!:o,¥/hich are
this day forwarded in 3 separate packages, addressed to the Post
Office Department^ The
Mr T.A.Edison,
Orange,
.'c, >New Jersey.
"The Imperial German Post Office will be still
ed to the Post Office Department if it will receive the
from Mr. Edison, and. forward it to Berlin."
more oblig-
apparatus
The three packages referred to in the foregoing extract
are said to contain the following articles, viz
^ "1. Photograph of Burgers Water-color painting 'Union of
Posts and Telegraphs,'
^ 2, Postal Guide,
^ 3. Imperial German Postal Territory 1878;2 volumes.
^ 4, Report of the Administration of German Posts and Tele-
' graphs i
^ 5, Statistics of German Posts and Telegraphs,
^ e; Pamphlet 'History and Developement of the Telephone.
1880. ’
^ V. Experimenta Nova{ut vacantur)Magdeburgica, by^,^^^,^yon
^ a. The Book of the World's Post.
^9. Pfau's Portfolio of Photographs of post office build¬
ings. "
They are now in the custody of the postmaster at New York
wh(^if you so desire, v/ill be instructed to forward them to you
direct, at Orange, New Jersey.
If you will forward to this Office, securely packed, the
phoHoplex apparatus for the Imperial Museum^it will give the Post¬
master General pleasure to cause it to be transmitted to Berlin
in compliance with the. 'request of the German Office.
I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient serveint,
SuperintB ndent Poreign -Mails.
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^ April 2pth,l889.
I have to acknov/ledne the receipt of your reply, under yes¬
terday's date^to my letter of the SOth.ultimo.No. 85 295, in which
you advise this Department that you are preparing the Phonoplex
Telegraph Apparatus which you intend to present to the Qennan Post
al Administration for exhibition in the Imperial Postal Museum in
Berlin, and that you will fonvard it to this Department as soon as
it is ready, for transmission to Geni.any;and also requesting that
the packages presented to you by the Geman Office may be forwarded
to you at Orange, New Jersey.
In reply, I have to inform you that the (3}paokages in
question, in the original wrappers.have been transmitted to you by
today's mail, registerec^, under covers addressed to Professor Thomas A.
Edison, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey.
I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Superintendent Poreign Mails. ,
Professor Thomas AiEdison,
Orange,
Nev/ Jersey
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acknowledge the receipt of a box and barrel containing the"Phono-
-Plex Material "therein referred to, which, together with the apparatus
previously forwarded, and the receipt of which was' acknowledged by
my letter No. 86 156, of the 1st instant, "constitutes a complete
"equipment of Phonoplex Apparatus for establishing telegraphic
coimiunication between two terminal Stations."
The complete apparatus will be transmitted - per the
North German Lloyd Steamer "ELBE", to sail from New York on Saturday
next, the 8th, instant - to the Director General of Posts in Berlin ,
Germany, for exhibition in the Imperial Postal Museum in Berlin.
I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Acting Superintendent foreign Mails.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
■ Orange,
Essex County,
Nev/ Jersey.
EATON a LEWIS
BUILDING)
June 18,
Aa 0< Tate, Ksq.,
Private Secretary of Thomas A.Edlson,
Orange , N.
J.
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under
Re B. & 0. R.R. license^^dm Phonoplex Patents. Replying
to your esteemed ihvor of yesterday, with enclosures, I be^ to.
say that I have altered the form of agreement v^hich you sent me
as follows, and return it herev/ith:
(1). Change of name, etc., at top of p^ e 1.
t2). I suggest that the entire third section be omitted,
and tlTat the folio v^ing be inserted in its place:
"THIRfii The party of the first part hereby coven¬
ants and agrees to pay the party of the second t&m/j the
following royalty for each and every (complete?) set
of phonoplex Instruments covered by said inventions of
the party of the second part, or any of than, used on > ■
their lines, to wit, a royalty of twenty dollars ($20).
per annum.
■The aforesaid roiralty sjiall begin as regards each
of the said sets, v/hen the same is established ready for
use, due written notice whereof shall be promptly given
by the party of the first part to thq party of the second
part. But should the party of the first part at any
time cease to use any of the sqid sets and remoye the
same, they shall giye written potico thereof to the
party of the second part, and upon the said removal
having been made, and the said notice having been re¬
ceived by him, the royalty on each and every- set thus
A>D.T.2. • •
removed and notl(Kd, shall cease as of the date of his
heceipl of such notice.*
Should the word "complete" be Inserted neat’ the bfegltining
ofthe aboye ? A'ro my pi'ovisiohs about notice beihg given, too
onerous ?
X3,) I liave changed a few words In the fifth line of
the Iburth section.
(4.) If -the foregoing changes pjeot your* apprpval, or
if you have any further ohangea to suggest, ? will make clean Cop¬
ies of the said agie ament for execution, if you will return me the
bncld^ed Biahk hgheements.
i5> ) I retura enClosiires as follows; Slat& agreement,
letter from you to Mr. Selden-,. dated, March 28, 1889, and Mr.
Selden's reply dated April 15^ 1889.
Awaiting your further instructions, I remain.
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Referring to my letter of the' 5th, ultimo, No. 86 204, in
reply to your letters of the 30th, of May and 8rd»of June,last;I
have to inform you that the German Office has advised this Depart¬
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Apparatus which you presented t^/the Imperial German Postal Museum
I safely reached Berlin,-
/am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Acting Superintendent Foreign Mails.
Prof essoy Thomas AiE&ison,
/Orange,
New Jersey.
EATON^a LEWIS
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Thomas A. Edison Esq«,
Dear Sir:
■ . License to the Baltimore & Ohio R. R, Go.
under your Phonoplex patents. 1 beg to return hereSith an 5Se
papers heretofore received from Mr. T ate, includi^ S letter Jo him
Of Jme 12.1889. I note that Mr. Tate has pre^i^^ll aLLmJnb
typewitWpursuant with''the suggest-^
ions made in my said letter. Mr. ^at^ asks if the papers which he
has thus prepared are in proper shape for you to sigL In replv
I beg to say thatthey are. l accordingly suugeJt S
^ have^arked on the back with red lead
B. & 0. R.R. Co. be exeCited by that Company, one copy of the
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back in
Hoping this will be satisfactory,! remainv
Very truly yours,
B. Eaton.
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AU£S I6th 1889
New York,
Mr, A. 0. Tate.
Orange N. .T.
Dear Sir.
.In ooraplianoe with your instructions I oalled on Mr
J. W, Jones, of the Postal Telegraph and cable Co, and arranged
to try a Phonoplex circuit between New York and Olean N. Y.
about miles or over on one of their Quadruplex wires.
On July I8th , wo put up a set of instiniments in the N. Y,
office, after working throe or four days trying to get rid of
the interference from the Q,uad, I oalled on Mr Edison , and
explained what we had tried, he at once decided that the Phone
could not be worked on the wire on account of the way the Dynamo
current was used, there being two clear bre^s , one on the
long and one on the short end.
We then decided to try it on one of the Duplex wires No 10 D & S
I reached Olean on July 26th but on account of wire trotitle
and the Postal men being very busy we did not get a test for
two or throe days, the test was not very satisfactory, the
induction being terrible, as bad as it was on the N. Y. and
Waterbary circuit on the 3 & 0 lines. We tried for several days
to overcome this but found that v/e could not do so, Olean
could just hoar N. Y. but it sounded like a tiuz saw N. Y.
said he could not hear a sound but induction. I then went to
Binghamton which is very near the centre between N, Y. and Olean
we worked fine with Olean and N.Y. got us 0. K. ( Binghamton was
a terminal )wa8 compelled to come to N.Y. to readjust the transmit*
-ter , 1 then went to Elmira and started that office as a terminal
( distance from N.Y. to Elmira by wire 380 miles or over)
The circuit from Elmira to N.Y. with Binghamton on as an inter
- mediate worked very well still the induction was pretty bad.
We turned the circuit over to the Postal Oo on Aug I5th..
I loft a set of instuments at Olean to be used by the Postal
Co in oaso they should gat short of wires west of Binghamton.
Both Elmira and Binghamton offices are arranged to be worked'
as terminal or intermediate.
Yours truly
BA1.TIMORX; AND OHIO RAIDROAD COMPANY,
TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
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Phonoplor. Oirouit of Ponnoi'lvunia ''.'lilroai:!.
Tlon ool3.li of nodn battory vroro placed on tho Altoona la'.d
Pitto’airy Phonoplox Oirouit on .Tiily 11th, und connonood fa3.?.i!ii;
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that in oovoral of tho jura th.o oirntnla had entirely clc.ood the
mouth of tho paper holding; tho coda; in se\'ernl of tT:e pap era tVi-BTo
still rooLinod none aoda that lir.d not a:; yot diasolvod. I nnc’.o an
offp.-t to jot th.o pl.'iton and .tines out of. one of the jura with, th.o
aryi!ta3,a uttaohod, to aond you, b\i;t fiiiled on account of t)-.e .’•c-
mainir.j nine boinj too heavy and broke away. ’’/o send you. the
box used for th.o ten colla, and with it a half dozen or i:c of alnco
and plat 00. Those Trill jivo you a f.tir idea of tho condition of
tho butterj-. notwithatnndi-nj th.o yory bad condition o.f th.o battory
it‘ cr.vo ola volts on a voltriotcr y'e.nterday . 'Jonsiderablo of Vuc
paper b!\-a had oiitiro’.!' dinrxpi cured. Tiio natariul for tho ronowol
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PLEASE FIND BELOW A Lt 8T OF THE CIRCUlTa, WITH THE
length OF SAME, AND NUMBER OF OFFICES. WHIIJH WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO
• MAKE estimate® ON. YOU WILL PLEASE NOTICE THAT AH- OF THEM aHE.
TOO LONG FOR US TO HANDLE. THE EQUIPMENT OF 100 Ml |,E8 OF ANV DP
THE CIRCUITS WOULt^TO THE RAILROADS ANY GOOD, AS THERE ARE NO ■
STATIONS WITHIN THAT Dl STANCE THAT HAS BUSINESS ENOUGH TO RELEI VE
THE WIRE. IF- WE COULD HANDLE CIRCUITS SAY 150 OR 176 MILES LONG _
I THINK THAT WE COULD COME PRETTY NEAR TOUCHER. EDI SONS
OF 200 CIRCUITS IN TWO YEARS. NEARLY ALL THE</r0A08 IN THE WEST REPORT
being SHORT of WIRE FACILITIES, AND WOULD C0N8I OER THE ADVISAGILITY
OF ADOPTING THE PHONOPLEX IF IT WOULD WORK A LONOEIR DISTANCE.
I DID NOT SAY TO ANY OF THE GENTLEMEN THAT WE DECLINED TO TRY THE
CIRCUITS , BUT ASKED THEM TO WAI T A SHORT TIME, AS MR EDI SON HAD
SOME OF HIS EXPERIMENTERS AT WORK ON THE PHONOPLEX^ AND WE ,^^0T^
TO BE ABLE TO WORK A LONGER Dl STANCE VERY 8j
^ MR. 0. W. sell OF THE LAKE ERIE 4 WESTERN HAS TWO Cl
ISO OR 160 MILES WITH 1 5 OR 20 OFFICES.
/ MR. BOYD OF THE I. D. 4W. HAS
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D. HAS 110 MILES WITH 6 OR 7 OFFICES
wants to see the system WORK before he DECIDES.*
EVANS OF THE LOUISVILLE 4 NASHVILLE HAS' T 1 0 MILES 12 OFPiCES
HAS ESTIMATE AND PAPERS IN HANDS OF- GENERAL MANAGER.
I/' UR. C. W. HAMMOND OF THE Ml S80UR1 , PACI F| ,0 HAS SEVERAL Cl RCU I JS ISO . ^ ^
TO 168 MILES LONG THAT HE COULD, USE THE SYSTEM ON* BUT WILL TRY
AND SEE IF HE, -CAN FIND A PLACE TO USE IT, SENT AN ASSISTANT FROM
ST LOUIS TO KANSAS C| TY TO SEE HOW 1 T .WORKED,
\/ MR. 0. W. LITTLEFIELD OF THE COTTON BELT ROAD WAS IN MR HAMMONDS
.OFFICE WHEN I CALLED, VERY MUCH INTERESTED, CAME TO KANSAS Cl TV WITH
ME TO SEE THE. KAN SAB CITY AND FORT. SCOTT CIRCUIT WORK, VERY MUCH
PLEASED, HAS A ci RbuW 164 MI LES LONOiWANTS US TO TRY IT , SAYS
HAS GOOD WIRES 4 NICE COUNTRY , WILL WRITE THE OFFICE. J
MR. J. j. BURNS. OF THE DENVER 4 RI.O GRANDE R. R. SENT MAN,' FROM DENVER
TO KANSAS CITY TO iNVESTlOATE THE SYSTEM, WENT AWAY SURPRIZED
at THE WAV IT WORKEt, HAS OVRCUIT 1 27 Ml L6S WI TH. 1 3 OFPI OEB,
a 8. I, KANSAS CITY SEPT 1 4TH
HR. SPRAGUE OF THE K.C. FORT SCOTT * MEHPHI S ROAD, WHO IS AT PRESENT
WORKING, A CIRCUIT 100 MILES BETWEEN KAN 8A8 CITV & FORT SCOTT , HAS
ANOTHER CIRCUIT OF 140 Mt.LES LONG WITH' 7 OR 8 OFFlties ON THAT HE
W0Ui;0 LIKE TO TRY IT ON .
I 00 NOT THINK. there IS ANY DOUBT ABOUT MS OUR QETtiNO ALL OF THESE IQMlt
CIRCUITS *70 eOUlP IF WE COULO HANDLE THEM', |T SEEMS TO WE THAT IT
WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA TO BRING THE MATTER BEFORE HR, EDISON
AS SOON AS HE RETURNS.
MR. SPRAGUE HAS VERY KINDLY SHOWN THE PHONOPLEX TO A NUMBER OF RAIL¬
ROAD TELEGRAPH MEN. AND ALWAYS SPOKEN IN THE HIGHEST PRAISE 6F ITS
QOOb- QUALITIES. IT H/S NO BAD ONES WE ALL KNOW
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This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents
relating to the operations of the West Orange laboratory. Included is a list of
proposed research projects in Edison’s hand. Many of the documents are by
Charles Batchelor, superintendent of the laboratory, and Arthur E. Kennelly,
chief electrician.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of transmittal
and acknowledgement; routine requests to conduct tests; routine
correspondence about orders and shipments. Also not filmed are monthly
meter readings for the electrical system at the laboratory, the Edison
Phonograph Works, and Llewellyn Park.
the Electrical accumulator Co.,
Are you using Gilconlte In your Works for insulating ma¬
terial, and can you tell me anything about the material and its
application, for my use in connection with our business? Any
data you can send me on the subject, proper to be sent, v/ill be
.'gratefully received.
Yours truly.
Vice Frost. & Gai 1, Manager.
Febraary i;2, 18»9.
Mr, K 0 n nelly,-
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C A B B: B A g g, J ha^jj d9s(i)gnad oss of these , and we are -now
making it, Jhe ton; winding Mj.drid unw^Atng without stopping the armature
H a Uttld-boapiloAted at itresent, but I shall oertaihiy simplify it .bsfore we
get. thirbu^li,
H O B as C AB MOTOR, I ooolaBO you a clipping from the «Eleotra.t^. '
al, World'’ of Jast Kovretober, whiob .shows that, someone else has been working .on
the pilnbiple of our O^r }ioto,.. This article Ip dat^d November 1888 and was
^ppare^tly new at.. that j time, ^s we made our Motor in April 1888,, I presume
we are far ahead of hi.i, and a, therefore going ahead designing just as if he had
not. done anything,
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in regdJfd tp' .tW-a baHory, »rar era ftip& gettan^ fcbo .f tgurea dour ^^s .ba.^|>;s^ji
• agalnai the Stbek .Qisotatlon Printer, b^ter lee J* li^e by tha WastOTn Ual^op Ga.»
t^SS^Ut. that, aomsiloe- ago Mr . Logue tried one of -theae botterte^ ap one
of your phonopiea .oitcntts. in Altoona, .Pa. and it was apparently a failure.
I have dlsoussed the matter with him pnd I thing . I know where his trouble , la
ahd have therefore itstrupted bim.to .get everything. that .ha wants from (5lee(,.
stone .jfor a new trjal, and I h^ve np dPUbt.. that we shall make It go. to
satisfaption.
^ 0 S 0 6 a ^ P g ?) g a g $v The 30G thread sorew end new Heoarder and
ReprodUder work^dke & oharo;.. \h fapt. 1 think if anything .better than the old
■one. There sedms to ha iadd sbratoh. English is putting .op a {etr of the maohlnea
a devlQo vhioh.you haja frequently .spoken of .for turning off tha cylinder by '
meand of the Return S^ew^ .Be,, l/dk .got. h yaby slmpi^ aprangeaeni. ot the lever
pa the. opposite side the yetupu .sorew ;|mt; ii .Wiks p^n^OOttyi
BvenyKhing neoe^iry tac tfe ara^|d>ipti WnWads , Is oo«4![^- .alohgi ,!■ iigit hi
i4^a of inking you' to |l3Qk;,ttjt .the getter pt sabphlt/as .»3fist.;3fbSfc. weffe
.hiii .aoribi “ndw^itevhat-.thld .f«' neokbi^^y as Wilk .Will .tuhhleh
rflijpts .fldrdr4^ii|.liobdles at.-«^fe:oadb, .and .tshh
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budlBtog of tbe Phonograph Wopka, 1?e Wo '4uglli ajJ to nai' : ordAts aiid,a;re
te^lrfuia^/to :get a- fop ahojyd. tliis is <ihiie psoddatoy as ^ou .ttndfr the .oyllnders
aboi,l,d,Wnd^-or aomo sooka baWo ljslng,,iursed Off. English fools .sure, that
by fcb^ 25t'h. of this aiohth ho oan .bi walfiag 1500 good oylinders per day.
alias- men are still tbn^ix^ ibe dies and ;also making some .that..so
found t-oro noooesary, although thor«f^ not- lnoludod in t ho original order. I
do Why they sore .loft oft, aJ^, they are qnrto Oasontiai. Wo have r«. ord«
^ ^ waafctfhy until, those details .are fixed.
IS^r is no^ at. the .PWograph Wotko/tsaohing . another man so that, in oase you
wont, to .^nd him to AnfwW we shall hare a map.,. ho .can at tend, to that part of
the huainess.
In to W Roprtdooar needle on .the Toy, »e bay,^ foup^ that it. is not,
neoeoaary to make a spall burl point, «e simply .punoh..aut. i small .punohlng .o^
f tbU shape g ^ bmmlBhdng the ena. whloh la d9.« in .a few mlhutes
^here. is s«:ffiolent. k a cfrW ^hen W hraea Iq .of the .plgi^t thlokneas .tp make
a reporder jjoint. equal ta the pi^r, .tp fant We madq ane of tbiW Style
for ,tbh regalar -Phonograi* worfts apparently '.as weli .as the, other . .Car-
toinV it. win be :m«nb pbeapep tq melfe them this way fpiy toy afid equally
My Dear Kdison,- V/ASTK V/aX.
■ I have had Aylesworth make an experiment in re-
Sard to recovering the stearic acid from the old wax, and he finds
that he can recover very easily about ninety- two per cent of the
steai’ic acid and cerasine. His process is decompo si tloin of the
wax by acid, and puriiying and separatins the parts by distil-
iaticn in -mouum. He says that steam distillation would answer,
but ctonsidoring the danger, trouble and care, and also the expaise
of having to boil a considerable quantity of water off afterwards,
distillation by vacuum is preferable. The vacu-um is about 26
inches, and is got by an ordinary water pump. I am, therefore:,
msking him a kettle about 36 inches diamrter, with a copper top
suitable both for getting the vacuum and also for runTiing the
distilaets over into suitable ohanbera chesply. Irrmedi ately this
is (tone, I tliink we shall be able to give then a price for the
old wax.
ORE MIhllHO. The Mallory single raag:net has been done now for a
few days, ani is already painted up to go ai»fSy. The
other one will be finished in a couple of days, whPn they will both
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’Ve have just made an extended te-st of the single magnet, v/o
found that it woxild be necessary to crush a little-^^^^h before
putting It on that, machine, and have, therefore, substituted brass
bare 3/4 of an inch high on the outside of the drum instead of
wooden ones, vhich were on when you were here. I noticed that
the ore. v^as fast into the brass cylinder, so ti*t it Wba.ld
soon have worn 'it away. Wo have remedied this by ^ellaoine
strips of canvass on, which after our extended tost of tw^ve hours
run, with ore continually ritnning on it, did not show the sligljtest
sign of being cut up. The heat inside the cylinder reached 205,
but I do not consider this as anything:, as it cannot b® exoeedod,
this being the hottest season of the year. It has been a '/ory
slow job v/ith the other magnet, as I have had to reorganize the
bottom shop, discharge a lot of the men, and (;et others Tho wi.ll
attend to the business in better shape.
I send you cutting about Wilbur. This is a sorry ending for
such brilliant talent.
Yours very truly.
Thomas A. Kdiaon, Kaq.,
Paris, iVanoe.
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Edison's Laboratory,
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Boar Sir:-
If I remember rightly, just prior to your leav¬
ing for Europe, you wrote up a memorandum vdth relation to certain
experimental accounts of Mr. Edison's against tlie Edison Electric
Light Company. I would like you to get out a statement of such
accounts as you have on your books, v/hioh are charged to the Edison
Light Co., together v/i th a memorandum^explanation of same. I v;ill
then go over them v/ith you and wo will arrange for tiieir presenta¬
tion to the Light Co's Executive Committee vfith a view to obtain a
settlement.
I understand that the Light Company has a counter account a-
gainst Mr. Edison of about $1,000.
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Turner
Read this. ietter and see what they say. I went down to
see this plant and although I did. not sea that tha pullay runs
DUllerthIi^-'’“rf *’*®*’* ® eej’tain somathing about that
pulley that is damn bad espeelally in cong)ari30n with the two fly
Engine Which run abLlute”"^
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done to fiJT It up and make that man satlafied I think it ought to
V*®™ ® tremendous wobble which is not seen in the
slightest degree on the fly wheals of the engine.
Batchelor.
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1889. West Orange Laboratoiy - Machine Shop Accounts (D-89-69)
This folder contains labor cost accounts for the large machine shop at
Edison’s West Orange laboratoiy. The records cover the period August-
December 1889 and contain the names of those working in the machine shop,
their wages, and a breakdown of the projects on which they were working.
All the documents have been filmed.
Related material can be found in the Distribution of Labor books (West
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1889. West Orange Laboratoiy - Suppliers (D-89-70)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
purchase of supplies and equipment for Edison’s West Orange laboratory.
There are also documents pertaining to Edison’s purchase of the George L.
Kunz mineral collection, including a complete Inventory of the collection.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence regarding orders and requests for catalogs and prices; duplicate
copies of selected documents.
QUOTATION
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: Niiff Tort Sofiiu Steal Pow Co.
i 30 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK.
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OFFICE OF
Geo. L. English & Co.,
jEwbr's in jll|iii£nils,
1613 Chestnut Street.
S^i,Lla.cLe.iji,LCa,, S'oy., t^, S. Jl.,
Jan. 7th, 1R89,
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Llowallyn Park, Orangi, N. J.;
Dear Sir:-
We sand you by this mail a sample of the mineral
Gadolinite vihich has bean sent us by a party who says he can sup¬
ply It in co.mrnarcial quantities. Could you use it for the extrac¬
tion of Yttria, and if so would you be willing to make us an off.r
on the mineral delivered at your station, terms C.O.D. Mr. English
starts on Pab.4th on an extended tour through the far west, and
expects to visit the locality for this mineral. If he can serve
you in any way, ho will be pleased to do so.
Trusting you will favor us with an early re,.ly, we remain
Very respectfully yours, ’
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Konz^
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Bear Sir:
Yours of 81st by niessenGor is in hand and your oomnuni-
cation by wire of this laoming, vfas duly received.
The Smoke Stack will have to be 81 1-3* diameter in or¬
der to give you the full benefit of the Boiler capacity. We will
make this Stack 30 feet high, with proper appurtenances for fasten¬
ing w}ien in position. We vdll supply a suitable Steam Biunp. Hoth-
ing else remains to be said exo gating that our men made a trip to
your place Friday, vAiich v^as only partially useful, because the
Boiler foundations were not ready for Boiler to be erected upon.
Before they go out again, it would be well for you to let tis know
that the brick v^ork is completed, as it i s an e^^aisive and \mneo-
essary trip for our men to make,vdien made in vaift. We can send
out any time you please to call for the mechanics to come along,
either by telegraph or by letter.
Yours truly,
■_ BUILDERS PH
. Jan . .25.,.1.S89..’/ (?<?
Dear Sir: Jv!
Your tolegrai!) amotineinc the arrival of Smoke-Stack,
Pimip, etc., is in Iiand and wo note your request that wo send our
men to your Factory to-morrow. This will be impossible, as our t
are so engaged just now that wo cannot take them off thei r vrork
to send them to Orange before Monday. Vie wilD. then have a prope;
force available and you can expect tiiem Monday morning.
Yours truly.
mi co.
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ELECTRIC TIME COMPANY,
16 BROAD STREET,
.
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CeORGE L, ENGLISH
OFFICE OF C. ATKINSON.*
Geo. L English & Co.,
DEALERS IN MINERALS,
1S12 Chestnut Street.
snaiisi.. pmuDEi.r,„». Pliilaclelpliia, Pa., U. S. A.
Keb, 1889.
Ur. Thomas A. Edison,
Oranpa, N. J.
Daar sir:-
W; ship yo,u to day by P. R. R. to
Newark, N. J. , caro eott> s Rxprass, six boxes of minerals, as par
the enclosed bill. Vfo hope they will be satisfactory.
Awaiting your further favors, we remain,
^Very truly yours
ELBCTRIC TIME- COMPANY.
■16 BROAD STREET,
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Ycur fsvor of the S8nd is at hand and In reply would say . that t
sent you is D.resuraably a sample of Zeiss -s sest workmanship In the
tosraohlc apparatus and of his latest make. we will however writ
rd to your complaint, to see. if oosslble. we may o;5 able to obtain
ton from him on account of your claim. We did rot open the lar
; afioaratus, out the small one aooeared to oie .entirely free from t
We will write to the maker b;y first steamer and ;
irsibly be able to obtain, will be placed to your credl'
Yours truly.
mention.
30 COURTLAMDT ST.
/
V March- 26,188 £>. .
OrangQ, H. J. ’
near Sir:
HereTiith please find our bills against you for the Boil¬
er and tho TOrk and material furnished in connection vdth eroctinr
same at your Factory. V/ili you kindly send us a check for the ^
amount of these bills so that it will be in hand Friday morning?
and very much oblige us. ^
Yours truly.
Vour favor of S8th is in liand stating that you have not
received biU of Boiler. Tiiis was sent to you some time in Janua¬
ry accordinp; to our books. However, we hand you herewith a dupli¬
cate of said bill and v/ish you would do us the favor to ro^ond
with check via bearer, as we are particularly in vfanfc of funds to¬
day. But for this, we would not be at this trouble of sending out
to you by messenger. Having given you due notice of our require¬
ments of to-day, you will please not think t)iat we ore undulv ui—
gent in thus as)cing for chock.
Yours truly.
fliOTWlPBlfi CO,
^Gen’l, Agt.
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir-:
We have to aoknowlccJge v/lth thanks your favor of 29th
in the shape of chock for ^869. in payment of our bills as render¬
ed. We beg to say that in case anything is found to be vrrong or ■
impcrfecfc in any reqaect, touching the rrork vre have done for you,
vfo will hold ourselves in readiness to make it good. Vfe are avfaro
that our bill for details vras not promptly rendered and that you
have had no opportunity to have it audited. Insofar as vre know, the
bill is all correct, but if it should be found in any v:ay at fault,
do not hesitate to call our attention t o tti e fact, and be assured
that vre vdll do the same by you as if the bill had not been paid.
T. A. Edison liaboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Oentlemen:
V/e quote you as follows
#37. Press,
#94. "
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Less W,
on tools for Phonograph Parts:
$50^.00,
300.00,
$260.00,
$iooo;oo,
130.00,
$2190. 00,
219.00,-
$1971.00.
1 Combination Die f or #l-i , 35.00
1 Combination Die for^., 30.0o|
1 2 Hole Piercing Die, for #2., 25.0o|
1 Trimming Die, for #2., 20-.00,
1 Combination Die, for #3., 28.00
1 Hole Cutting Die, for #3., 2&.Oo|
1 Piercing & Forming Die, for #3., 25.00,
1 Combination Die, for #4., 20.00
1 Trimming Die, for #4., 15.0o|
1 Hole Cutting Die, #4., 15.00,
1 Blanking Die, #5., ■ 30.00,
1 Forming Machine, #5., 25.00,
1 Blanking Die, #6., 25.00,
1 Piercing Die, #6., 15.00,
1 Blanking Die, #7., 25.00,
1 Piercing Die, #7., 15.00,
1 Forming Die, #7., i&.po.
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Forward,
388.00,
1 Blanking Die, #8., 30.00,
1 Double Die Spring, 25.00,
1 Forming Die, 18.00,
1 Notching & PioBoing Framp, 45.00,
2 Bending Framep, 50-.00,
1 Forming Die for Governor Wieel, 25.00,
1 Cutting Die » ■ » 25.00,
1 Bottom Combination Die, Case, 38.00,
1 Slitting & Notching die for case, 50.00,
8 Horn Dies, 50.00,
1 Brass Spring Cutting-off and Punching Die, 25.00,,
1 Shaft Holder Double Die, 35.00,
1 Upper Case Cutting Die, 38.00,
1 Blitting Die, 35.00,
1 Forming Die, 35,00,
912.00,
Hoping to receive your orders, v/e are
Yours truly,
E. W. BLISS CO.,
/v>~.A.7r
4t'^.
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.u-Lir/r ci/Sw-PTl^ 'l"V.
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Referring to the attached from James '■!.
Qtioen & Oo., tho best way to settle this difficult is, 'for thP
instmiments to be put in proper shq^e, after which I will forward
Queen ft Oo. a bill for the repairs. Cannot this done at once?
Private Secretary.
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[ENCLOSURE]
We have your favor of the 30th at hand this morning and in reply will
ask, . if you will kindly make a close examination of the instrument, making an estl-
mate-of -o?- the expense^ necessary to put it in good shape .
We certainly hope that it may be practicable to make the needed repairs for less than
5* on the total amount of the bill which is, as you will see upon estimation, 3:27.00.
We should think that a sklllfm mechanic would be able to put it in good condition at a
small fraction of this amount. Soliciting your careful examination and estimate
and awaiting your eajily advice, we are
Yours truly.
the purpose for which yax intend them, I would be very pleased
to call on ycu if ycxi will kindly make an appointment for any
morning next week. I do no t like to encroach upon your valuable
time, but I think an interview of a few moments will be conducive
to give you the necessary infornatlon regarding the styles of
clocks that you would prefer for experimenting
Yours very ■
■■-■v im MKCANiquB
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Monsieur . y ,
, Wous nous mpressqns de rdpondr^
a la lettre que vous nous avez fait I’honneur de
,' • ■ :nous dorire. ^ .
'’■'i'i f'.' '■ ■ • • ' v, V, ^ V ’ ■ f ; V * sqvBnes ,.tries^flattS3 de la
favorable opinion que vous voulez bien exprivier sur
nos imohines a triple expansion, fait es spdoialenient
pour actiormer vos dynamos qui ont vn si grand
suooes dans le vionde entier-
A personne autre que vous nous
n'aurions voulu aonfier nos viodeles nouveavx^mai s
nous somnies heureux de faire exception en votre
faveur. Nous vous demanderons seulement de vouloir
Monsieur Thovias.A. EDISON. Hotel du Hhin,
bian vous engager a ne vous servir de ces monies '•
gue pour vous m^ie.et de faire le ndcessaire pour
dviter qu’ils ne soient oopide et divulguds .
Dans oes conditions, nous vous
offrons la sdri'e complete des dessins d'dxdcution
et des modeles en hois mballds dans des caisses
et rendus au H&vre pour les deux tijpes de 150 et
300 H,P.,pour la sovmie de Trente mille francs.
De plus nous'vous domerons les dessins et modeles
des condenseurs autovioteurs No 2 et 3 correspondant
d, ISO et 300 H.P, pour la sovme de Six mille francs.
Veuill'ez a'ard'er .Monsi eur,
I’b.ommage de nos sentiments les plus distinguds et
ddvouds ' ' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
[ATTACHMENT]
THOMAS A. EDISONr
NO, 65 Fifth Avenue.
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Mr. THOmas A. Edison,
Dear 3ir;-
We have transmitted your claim to the maker of the photographic
apparatus reoenjdn sent you ...but as we desire to botaln soma further oartiou-
larsc^to transffllt^to him. .we wish to ask. whether the amount which you charged us
for alterations included the altering of the hilders or inside kits to
suit the American size of plates. ..as certainly we could not charge him
for such alterations. In a letter rsoelved from him, .dated Aug. 9th. .he says:
"■ What you wrote concerning the state of delapldatlon of the Mloro-photographic
apparatus surprised me as much as L find, it vexing, you are however wrong in
attributing the mischief to selection of bad wood . It is curious at any rate
that cases of "all the wood work cracking and warping do not occur in Europe :
yet the material' is the same in all oases . There must be some thing in your
climate which renders the use of wood a rather critical question. L niay
mention that one of your country- men. ..a Minnesota Professor. ..would have no
wooden table at all, saying that Minnesota was too dangerous. a olace for that
sort of thing. If that is how your clientfs apparatus came to grief-I, do-
think it is ^it is not fair to make either you or me responsible for the humours of
his allmats. ■ As It Is. , the orlce of the Photo-nilorograDhlc aooaratus has oieen i
re duped to such a degree as to render it^hardly -profitable- part of our
business . . i, think, you need not allow the defects .,.h6r can“r6ohsTder
the oharglng/of :the amount-. 'of -if so .ta.our account • satisfactory. I.t Is a bad
business when It comes to mlnss As to the Kits , .1. think, they are not i
worth considering. Any .folnsr can make them, for a few cents. It Is to
be reare.ttdd that Amerloansr. have not. our system of olate -measurement.. ^
But you must admit that It wild be oheaber to have the Kits made there. . :
than have them sent over by us.”.
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[TRANSLATION]
make inraediately designs, models, photographsjLivrenon
maclilnD 300 horse power triple expansion D Ej^io sition. End
Novanber Havrefc45,000 francs, condenser complete 8,000' francs,
Vf e y h e r,
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y'/icdai/Ic.d'/'jon/ieiirde
^'OCIETE C^ENTRALe " ■ '
E Construction de Machines
Cff^'
'^r/^Z/fy/'cC.
{yZ(Z/y//wjZZ'
50, Route d'-Aubervielie’rs,-
■ . i !PAJtT:'’J‘U yi V \ ' V,.'. ■■
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cvuncvA..-
. iX5.::Movwibm~‘. .
Monsieur Thomas A, EDISON,
d son Laboratoire ,
ORANGE New Jersey*
- Etats this-
Monsieur ,
. . ■“ ‘ “ ^ ‘ Nous' venohs 'de 'recevo ir votre
tdldgrcanme ainsi oortQu < ^
Wiil '^ake three hundred horse power triple
eypans'idh expo'sii'ion’ ehgine-'wiih condenser
dmit^ if omtal'" order' by' mail''; ‘'■Kave you mailed
' photographs and bl'do 'print's*' '
.vy-!^P.W\vous„rmeroions hien sinoe-
■,rdmentiPpup,,oetpe dovmande et attendons les instruo- .
tiojis ,que.fVQUSi nous-prometiez par. P'rochain oourrier.
Nous fai sons fairs en. oe vionent^
des photogra;phi es sp^ciales pour vou3.,que nous
auroni 1 e plaiiir de ‘dou's erivoyer dans quelgues
'^ours,
Les dessins oomplets d'exdoutiOTi.
pour les mohines ISO et, 300 ohevaux dinsi que les
oondmsezirs sont presque terminds et nous pensons
pouvoir les erpddier dans quelquss ,fours<
Les modeled gn.hois de la
machine de ISO' ohevaux sont prh d'etre finis et
aeux de 300 ohevaux sont tres avanods.nous ne
perdons pas une minute afin de vous les fairs tmir'
aussitSt qu'il sera possible^
. ,-0, . Veuillez avoir I’ohligemoe par'
un prochain oourrier de nous donner les instructio-ns
exactes pour .en- faire 1’ expedition du Havre aux
Etats Unis. , , „ ,
. v' - . Jfous. vous.rmeroions de vouloiT'
bien novis. autoriser, d tirer sur vos hanquiers
Drexel Mopgan, et,.Oo^Neit) Yorlc City par Messieurs
Drexel Harjes ^et, Go de Paris,mais nous ne prendroTz,s
cette libertd que lorsque nous aurons etPpddid vos^
' '•’vlodeles 'et 'dess ins.
\ ' En terminant nous venons vous-
^ dire gue noui seriohs extrSmemerit heureux si pous
VQuliez nous favoriser d.e quelques mots Merits de
votre main gue nous oonserverions comme souvenir-
Veuillez agrS.3r .Monsieur ,
1’ expression de nos sentiments les plus distingv/ds
L ’Admint strut eur Mid gu6
[TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]
^{Saiii&2 '^o/ifieur2e/a/ Soo (tde^yKul/iowie^
SOCIETE CeNTRALE
DE Const-ructionde Machines ,
Cpoctilc
50. Route ^A^^villiers,^ Monsisur Th-omas EDISON,
. 7: ■■ (SE15.E.) ' • ■ . , , En son Labqrat.oi,re,^-
C2cjii,i,4
h New kersey
' ‘■' Orange
Nous avons votre tf^l^grcoimie du
14 Cb et en rdponse nous avons I’honneur de vous
envoy er les dessins de fondation pour la viachine de
SOO chevaux de 1’ Exposition aveo son condenseur,
ainsi qu’un bleu de 1’ ensemble de la machine.
Nous avons fait faire des
photographies que nous pen sons reoevoir dans trois
ou quatre Jours et vous les adresserons de suite,
Les mo deles oomplets pour la
viachine de 150 chevaux parti ront a la fin du mois
et nous vous prions de nous dire par retour du
[TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]
oourrier si c’est hien a Orange que nous devons
les envoy er. Les vtodeles aomplets de la viaohlne
de 300 ohevaux seront fi-yis dans un viois d pm pres.
Tons les dessins d’ execution
pour les deux vtachines et les oondenseurs seront
prHs h partir au donsnenoevient de la semaine
proohaifie*
Veuillez agrder, Monsieur,
1’ expression de nos sentiments tres distinguds et
ddvoudsf
It’ Admini strateur Ddldgud
[TRANSLATION]
Pantin, 15, Movomter, 1889,
Thomas A,' Kdiso.n, llsq,,
Dear Sir;-
We InvB your 'telegram of the
14tl:i Instant, and in reply wo have the honor to send you the de¬
signs of foiindation for the mo:hina: of 300 horse paver, of the
Exposition, with its condenser, as well as blue prints of the
v;hole maehine. We l:avb had made photographs which we expect to
receive in tlireo or four days, and we; shall send them to you at
once. The complete models for the .mohiive of 150 hores power wiU
be- sent iVom !isro at tho end of tho month, aixl we. ash you to tell
us by roton mail whether we have to send them to Orange. Tlio
comiPloto models of the aachine of 300 h, p. will bo finistied in
about one month. All designs for tho execution of the te.o nachine.s
and the coidensers will te ready to leave at the tegimip^ of next
viock .
Yoiirs very respectfully.
(Signed.
A.; W E Y H H R.
Edison liABORATORv.
“TIEliEBIKAMo '
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SOCIETE CeNTRALE
Construction de Machines
50, Route D'/^SSl^{6%gLiERS,
QMc,.,. . .
Monsieur Thomas EDISON,
a OBANGE , New Jersey ,
Monsieur ,
Nous avons 1 ’honnmr de vous
informer gue nous expddions aujourd’hui au HcLvre
pour vous parvenir par I'intermddiaire de la-Gie
Transatlantique ,une aaisse contanant en quatre
paguets ,tous les dessins d.’ execution pour machines
verticales a triple expansion.de 150 et 300 chevaux
aveo lours condenseur s.,
Ohague pagtet formant une
machine coviplbte .renfemie colic; sur la partie
••intdrieure de la oouverture une liste de tous les
plans Qontenus dans le paquet.
Mous avons joint a chaque appa-
reil line novienolatwre de toutes les pieces avec
leurs numdros reportds en rouge sur les plans et
les numdros des modeles eii hois que nous avons h
vous foumir et dont la premiere p art ie, formant la
machine de 150 chevaux^.vous sera expddide a la fin
du mo is courant.
Nous avons pressd la construction,
de ces viodeles autant qu’il a dtd possible de le
faire^mais vous verrez d’apres ce que vous recevrez
que c'est un travail tres long exdcutd avec le plus
grand, soin.car nous tenions a honneur de vous donner
complete satisfaction dans cette foumiture .
Les modeles de la viachine de
dOO chevnux sont ddja avancds de construction et
nous esperons pouvoir les expdd.ier dans vn mois au
plus,
Vous remarquerez que les dessins
de la machine de 300 cheixivx donnent deux dispositions
de rdgulateur de vitesse.l’un placd dans le volant
contme la viachine de 1 'Expo sition que vous avez hien
voulu nous aaheter;!.’ autre dispose sur I'arriere
du bdti et . covtmandd par une courroie. Nous avons
les deux syst^mes d nos viaahines et ils
donnent tous deux des rdsultats figalement bans.
Lci machine d.e 300 chevaux de
I'fiXposition est rentrde d nos ateliers, nous I’avons
revue entierevient ,ahangd quelques jietites pieces
gui lai ssaient d ddsirer et nous serons prdta d
vous 1’ expddier avec son condenseur dans quelques
Jours, nous attendons pour cela rdponse d notre
lettre du 5 Movemhre dans laquelle nous vous
demandions ou nous devons I 'adresser.
Puisque vous aves Men. voulu
nous y autoriser et maintenant que nous vous
livrons une grande partie de votre cammmi.de de
dessins et modeles ,nous prenons la libertd de tirer
pour la sanmie de fr 36.000 sur zios hanquiers
M.M. Prexel Morgan et Oo de New^Yoidc. par I’intemw-
diaire de M.M. Drexel Harjens et 0° de Paris.
En vous revierciant hien sincere-
ment nous vous prions, Monsieur .d’agrder I ’ expression
de nos sentiments les plus distinguds et ddvouds.
L’Adminis tra teur Del dgue
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^'/'and ^ruc2e Kyftcca/it^m. &pooiHo/v ^6-/u<^er^''/S^S .
^/{edaciie.^ '^o/inear2e L Joe ^^jJid (tde^Kul/ioiuie^
SOCIETE CeNTRALE
E Construction de Machines
Soi'U'fc J//ION\7fie
rc^.^cc/ier/,
50, Route D'Aus^^^^t'CRS,
^\"S'<^Ao3
£fitfc».v evil
,C^?y le 9 Momhre . '/S..
Monsieur Thomas . A . E T I S 0
en son Lahoratoire
OBANGE -^ew Jersey—
Mous venons vous exprimer tout ■
le plaisir que nous a causJ votre heau portrait-
avec son aimahle fl^dicace et nous vous remer—
cions tres-cord.ialement pour cet envoi qui seres-
pour nous un souvenir prd deux de I'honneur
que nous avons eu d’ entrer en relations pf^rson-f
nelles avec vous .
Les dessins completes d’ exdcutiort
des machines sent partis sur le paquehot
*^la BOUBnonNE*et nous espdrons que vous les
avez hien maintenant ,
Les modules de la machine de
ISO chevaux ont dtd expddids la semaine
[TRANSLATION FOLLOWS]
demiere 4 Ddcmhrs . Us parti ront par le
premier batem .
Veuillez agrder , Monsieur , I’ex^
pression de ms sentiments tres-di stinguds et
ddvouds .
LAainluMt/idou/' Dvlfu/UO
CuAof
t) v'tVf.!T\en^
< n (L.
C-hcintu^ t
flint, /ic ><iw/ fi ^
Jen, (,/■ hC fui rri /,!,/, jJon 7t fk
(ct Au 'duplf/nn- 7,
U^i.iPic }e,^, A»-f Cr/IZ ^jle'ct. /'tej/c,
It, k'l^lc, 7e„pdh,’.)n,X^ a
H/i -t'nohi?,^.
Cjud-rtl- A / V‘y;7't^^t//(4V/^ ■?<. Vi'hoit- , nt>^i7 yt /oa
r'fni pon-l-^^f- A vrk i/cip knfcinA.
yvuxJ, ypu, H-iLp Cii-iL yA„,.„tZn.. ,
c^n. ^hn.'ini-iA'yiA L Anaojc,
[TRANSLATION]
Smifslation,
ThomiX) A. Kdiuon,
Pont in, otli Poccmtor, 1880,
Dpnr Sii-:-
Y/o take yrcat ploaoiu-G In oxpi’osQinG;
to ycxT the ui’ont plonaiu'o that yoiu- toatitiful poiti-ait, witli ito
omlfSjlo dedication, iao oausoil no, anjl v/o tlnnk you very oor{lially
for t Ilia cift, wlicliT/ill ko foi’ iio a prcxJioua aouvonii’ of tho
honor ;70 havo had in ontorin;:; iirto poroonfd. rcliitiono ivith you,
Oomi)l ct 0 YfoikiniJ di'twinuo of tho nachinoa hewo fjono by tho
laokot boot "ha Qoui-coniio , “ an:l v/c hopo tint you v.-ill lui'/o thoji
vory sliortly,
Slio model a of tho 180 h. p,. cnfjlno ha^jo boon sent laat v/ook,
4th noceabor; they vrill (jo by tho fii-st boat.
Accojit, Sir, tho o:<prconion of oiu' nontimonta, very diatin~
(yuicJiod a)id dovotod.
(Sicnod ) A, V/ K Y H 1’. R.
OVliR,
[TRANSLATION]
Doo. 9, 1889.
POSTOMIP'J.
V/0 vosrot vca-y inioh not DcsIiib al^lo to otoco tho di-
rootion of tho movdmont of tho on,jino, as yoii wirh, this boii^j'
tho roEJoon: I’hp dirootion le auch that tho ohllqiio prosoiro of
tho oi'unk pi'ossion tho hood of tho piston upon tho bottom of tho
alido. In tho othoi- cUi-cction. on tho conti-ri-y, thio piooo v;oiild
nocooom'ily rub upon tho sides of tho slide uhoro tho nubbins ‘"ar-
faoo is nuoh moro nlondor, 7\s to tho aiv.^^nontation of spood, vro ’
do not daro to state that it oduld ta]:o plaoo v,iU,out inoonvenionco
but yai T/iH bo fl'oo to try it yourself if you .-judso it dosirablo.
Tlio dirootion of tla sevonaor lends itself very i-oudily oithor in
aufjmontins tho 'for co of ttio sprinss or diminishiip; tho v/oicht of
the messes.
jCun^
OFFICE OF
Gko. L.' English & Co.,
DEALERS IN MINERALS.
1^12 Cl'iestnut Street,
/.
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. D«c. 11, 1889,
Ur, Thos. A. Edison,
Orangs, N, J,
Daar Sir:-
In accordanca with your raquast, wa beg leave
to submit to you herewith a Condensed Catalogue of the Mineral
Collection of Ur, Oeo, P. Kunz, to which we trust you will give
due consideration. We also desire to call your attention to a
few points in reference to the collection. In order to make it
still better suited to your wants than when it was first offered
to you, Mr. Kunz has since added to it a vary considerable number
of extra large massive specimens, principally of the metallic
minerals, from which you could break off pieces for experiments.
We are authorized to offer you the entire collection, with these
additions, at the same price which we previously quoted, viz,
tSOOO, We will also pack and unpack the collection and arrange it
for you, without charge. We shall be pleased to meet you in
Orange at any time you may name, and accompany you to Mr, Kunz* s
house and show the collection to you.
Trusting you will favor us with an early reply, we remain
(Dictated).
Vary respectfully yours
[ENCLOSURE]
Geo. L: English & Co.,
DEALERS IN MINERALS,
Philadelpliia, Pa., U. S, A.
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[ENCLOSURE]
Gho. L; English & Co.,
DEALERS IN MINERALS,
16'12 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pa., U, S, A,
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OFFICE OF
Geo. L.' English & Co.,
DEALERS IN MINERALS,
1613 OHeatnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S, A.
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mainor of oarini; for tho notanic otuffin^-boxos of tlD rods of
than niaohino. Tho stuffin;.; boxes nhavM al.r/ays te very sli/;iitly
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f^om’ or five toys of opornfeion thoa>o rmy bo nono osc qioo of stoan.
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Dear Sir:-
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1890 DOCUMENT FILE
1890. Battery (D-90-01)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the procurement and testing of
batteries. Some of the ietters deal with batteries for the phonograph and phonoplex. Related documents can
be found in D-90-27 (Edison Manufacturing Company).
1890. Bergmnnn & Company (D-90>02)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of Bergmann & Co. The company manufactured
electric lighting fixtures, sockets, and other devices used with the Edison system of electric lighting, as well
as equipment for the Edison phonoplex system of telegraphy. Some of the letters pertain to tests conducted
for the company by the West Orange laboratoiy. There arc also letters regarding a phonoplex exhibit at the
annual meeting of the Association of American Railway Telegraph Superintendents. Most of the
correspondence is by Joseph Hutchinson, secretary of the company. On August 1, 1890 the company became
part of the Edison General Electric Co. Related material can be found in D-90-33 (Electric Light - Edison
General Electric Company - General).
1890. Dick (A.B.) Company (D-90.03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the mimeograph business of the A.B.
Dick Co. Included arc letters about royalty payments, advertising, and patent infringement suits. Most of the
letters are by Albert B. Dick, president of the company.
1890. Edison, T. A. - General (D-90-04)
This folder contains documents, primarily correspondence, covering a wide variety of subjects. Some of the
material relates to personal matters. Also included are documents that deal with more than one subject, such
as a letter about both the electric light and electric traction. Documents concerning subjects that do not fall
under the main subject categories arc also filed in this folder. Among the items are numerous letters from
George P. Lathrop and several dozen pages of notes in Edison’s hand pertaining to their collaboration on a
science fiction novel.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Accounts {0-90-05) [not rilnicd]
This folder contains routine correspondence and transaction statements pertaining to Edison’s personal and
business accounts with the German National Bank of Newark, N.J.
1890. Edison, T. A. - Articles (D-90-06)
This folder contains correspondence requesting Edison to write articles; correspondence relating to articles
about Edison or his inventions; and letters from journalists seeking to interview Edison.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Autograph and Photograph Requests (D-90-07) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence requesting Edison’s autograph or asking for his photograph.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Bills and Receipts (D-90-08) [not filmed]
This folder contains bills and receipts for routine West Orange laboratoiy, personal, and family expenses.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Book and Journal Orders (D-90-09) [not filmed]
This folder contains correspondence, bills, and receipts relating to the ordering of books and journals. There
are also printed cataiogs and advertising circulars.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Checks (D-90-10) [not rdmed]
This folder contains cheeks and sight drafts ptiyablc to various companies and individuals by Edison, the West
Orange laboratory, and the Edison Manufacturing Co.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-90-11)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s membership and activities in
social clubs and professional societies.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Creditors (D-90-12) [not filmed]
This folder contains correspondence relating to unpaid biils for Edison’s personal and West Orange laboratoiy
expenses. Related documents can be found in D-90-08 (Edison, T.A. - Biiis and Receipts).
1890. Edison, T. A. ■ Employment (D-90-13]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents from or about employees and prospective
employees. There are also letters of recommendation in support of individuals seeking employment. Most of
the correspondence relates to employment requests for the West Orange laboratoiy. Some documents pertain
to employment at Glenmont and at the various Edison companies. In addition, there are items concerning the
ciosing of the chemical room at the laboratory and the status of its employees; and several notes from Edison
authorizing wage increases for laboratory employees.
1890. Edison, T. A. - Family (D-90-14)
This foidcr contains correspondence by and about Edison’s famiiy. Many of the documents concern the severe
illness of Edison’s daughter, Marion, who was traveling in Europe. There is also material about the health
problems of Edison’s brother, Wiiliam Pitt. Other letters pertain to requests for financial aid from Edison’s
relatives and to attendance by Edison’s family at social functions.
1890. Edison, TA. - Outgoing Correspondence (D-90-15) [not filmed]
This foidcr contains duplicate copies of correspondence found in the General Letterbook Series.
1890. Edison, T. A. - Real Estate (D-90-16)
This foidcr contains correspondence and other documents rotating to the purchase and sale of land and
buildings. Many of the letters concern the payment of the interest and principal on the loan by Mr. and Mrs.
David N. Ropes for the purchase of property in Bioomfield, N. J.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Secretary - Randoiph, John (D-90-17) [not filmed]
This folder contains correspondence relating to John F. Randolph’s role as Edison’s bookkeeper and Alfred
O. Tate’s office assistant. The letters deal with routine financial transactions of the West Orange laboratoiy
1890. Edison, T. A. - Secretary - Tate, Alfred O. (D-90-18) [not filmed]
This folder contains correspondence relating to Alfred O. Tate’s role as Edison’s private secretaiy, along with
occasional items pertaining to Tate’s private life. Routine letters addressed to Tate in his capacity as Edison’s
secretary or representative that do not fall under the main subject categories are generally filed in this folder.
Among the personal correspondence are letters from various Canadian business associates dealing with such
matters as Tate’s possible appointment to the board of directors of the Queenston Land Company. There are
also documents regarding tests made on the Craig-Roberts storage battery. Letters addressed to Tate that deal
with a specific subject or the business of a particular company can be found in their appropriate subject
1890. Edison, TA. - Shipping (D-90-19) [not filmed]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the shipment of supplies, machinery, and
other equipment to the West Orange laboratory and to the various Edison companies. There are also some
items pertaining to the shipment of Edison’s personal goods.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Suppliers (D-90.20) [not filmed]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to suppliers of equipment and materials
for Edison. Documents concerning supplies for the West Orange laboratory for the period 1890-1898 [not
filmed] can be found in the West Orange Laboratory Records.
1890. Edison, T. A. - Unsoiicited Correspondence - Advice (D-90-21)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements in Edison’s inventions, asking him for
advice or information on technical matters, or requesting his assistance in improving or promoting an
invention. • o r e
1890. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Business (D-90-22) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine correspondence from individuals requesting agencies for Edison’s inventions,
inquiring about their purchase or cost, asking for other information about his inventions, or seeking to do
business with Edison.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Foreign Language (D-90-23) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine and mostly untranslated letters addressed to Edison. Some have been annotated
with a brief summary of the contents.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence - Personal (D-90-24) [not filmed]
This folder contains routine personal requests, fan mail, and other items for which no record of a significant
response by Edison has been found. Included are letters asking Edison for educational advice, personai
information, loans, charitable contributions, exhibits of his inventions, and other personal favors.
1890. Edison, T.A. - Visitors (D-90-2S)
This folder contains routine letters of introduction and requests to visit Edison or tour the West Orange
laboratoiy. Included are letters about the visit of Pierre Richemond, son of the French steam engine
manufacturer, I. Richemond. Substantive letters from individualswho visited the laboratory or company shops
on business can be found in their appropriate subject folders.
1890. Edison Industrial Works (D-90-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents reiating to the purchase of property at Siiver Lake,
N.J., and to the formation of the Edison Industrial Works. This company was intended to be the successor
to the Edison Manufacturing Co. Included is correspondence from Sherburne B. Eaton pertainingto Edison’s
contractual obligations to the now company. Related material can be found in D-90-27 (Edison Manufacturing
Company) and in the Alexander Elliott, Jr., Papers (Special Collections Series).
1890. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-90-27)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison
Manufacturing Co. Most of the letters pertain to the licensing and marketing of the Edison-Lalando batteiy.
Also included are technical descriptions of the batteiy cell and specifications and notes regarding the
construction of a factory at Silver Lake, N. J. Related material can be found in D-90-26 (Edison Industrial
Works).
1890. Electric Light - General (D-90-28)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to electric lighting and power. Included are
letters pertaining to the alternating current controversy, electrocution, the Niagara Falls power project, and
the disappearance of Edison's associate, Frank McGowan, in January 1890. There arc also requests by schools
for donations of electric lighting equipment.
1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York (D-90-29)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Electric
Illuminating Co. of Now York. Many of the letters pertain to canvassing plans and construction work on new
central stations for Manhattan. Also included is a report by Eaton & Lewis, the company’s lawyers, regarding
vibration and noise at central stations, Most of the letters arc by Richard R. Bowker, first vice-president, and
J. B. Skehan, treasurer. Many of them are addressed to Arthur E. Kennclly, Edison’s chief electrician.
1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company - General (D-90-30)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of the Edison Electric Light Co. The letters are
by Frank S. Hastings, secretary and treasurer, and relate to a proposed sub-station in Newport, Rhode Island,
and to possible competition from the Westinghouse Electric Co. On August 1, 1890, this company became part
of the Edison General Electric Co.
1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company - Ilinminating Companies (D-90-31)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the organization and operations of local
Edison illuminating companies. Included arc letters pertaining to the expansion of the Mount Carmel central
station and the construction of a new South Side station in Chicago. Other documents concern Edison’s and
Arthur E. Kennelly’s attendance at the annual convention of the Association of Edison Illuminating
Companies in Minneapolis.
1890. Electric Light - Edison Electric Light Company of Philadelphia (0-90-32)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Electric Light
Co. of Philadelphia. Most of the correspondence is by William D. Marks, general manager of the company.
There are also several reports by Marks to the company’s board of directors concerning the construction and
operation of central stations.
1890. Electric Light - Edison General Electric Company - General (D-90-33)
^is folder contains TOrrespondence and other documents reiating to the business of the Edison Generai
cngineer-in-chief; Samuei Insull, second vice-
PH Leonard, general manager. Many of the documents pertain to the consolidation of
the var ous Edison companies and to the internal affairs of the departments within the new company. Some
of he letters concern the development of alternating current multipolar dynamos for electric lighting and
^n/rni . p documcuts relate to canvasses of potential customere fof new
r Til®™ are also two maps of the United States with figures Usting
1890. Electric Light • Edison General Electric Company - Lamp Works (D-90-34)
1890. Electric Light - Edison Lamp Company (D-90-35)
“ h"* ‘o ‘h® b“s!“®ss of the Edison Lamp Co.
neSn.to /w’, “ ^®P®''“"®“‘ ‘h® Edison General Electric Co. Included are letters
mnuZ T^ ^ ‘“‘roduction of 20.candlepower lamps, the problems of defective lamps, and other technical
P®y°« statistics. Most of the ^^correspondence is by
Francis R. Upton, general manager and treasurer, and by WiUiam H. Meadoweroft. secretary to Mr. Uoton
Related material can be found in D-90-34 (Edison General Electric Company - Lamp Worl^).
1890. Eiectric Light - Foreign - General (D-90-36)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the electric Ught business in various
S°DaTh‘?^,r'^'l' r by A. Arango, generai manager and freasurer of the Edison
Sherburne B. Eaton and Charies F. Stone, Edison's attorneys. Several
rcorganiimtionof the board of directors of the Spanish Colonial company and to Edison’s
r ■‘".P''®f'^®“‘-P‘b®r documents concern the discontinuance of various patLts held by the
ahoTX In^ H Fessenko, mayor of Charkow, R^sia,
-bout the in roduction of electric hghting m that city. A 4-page report of the Tokyo Eiectric Light Co
describes that company’s roie in eiectric lighting in Japan. y r:.ie«rig ugni i-o.
1890. Electric Light - Foreign - United Kingdom (D-90-37)
ui'anH V ■■®>®‘i®8 ‘h® business of the Edison & Swan United Eiectric Light Co.,
to file a d tinf " f Ih “”P®"1®5- °f ‘be letters concern the efforts of the Edison & Swan company
n° mtenlp V 1. 1 f®®‘‘®‘ P“‘®“‘- There is also a letter from Rookes E. Crompton, a
prominent British electrical engineer, about his company’s eiectric iighting work.
1890. Electric Light - United Edison Manufacturing Company (D-90-38)
ms foider contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the business of the United Edison
^ me[ers“an‘d o^hef°r,° °f ®'®®‘™ bghti"g plunts. the development
of meters and other electrical equipment, and the construction of a steam engine for Edison’s ore Filins
«“ndent?fl"j’c''H informatL Zon™ thf
correspondents are J.C. Henderson, acting engineer-m-chicf:H. Ward Leonard, general manager of the Cash
Installations Division; and Samuci D. Greene, assistant to the general manager. On August 1, 1890 this
company became part of the Edison General Electric Co. Related material can be found in D-90-33 (Electric
Light - Edison General Electric Company - General) and D-90-64 (West Orange Laboratoiy).
1890. Electric Railway (D-90-39)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s involvement in electric railways.
Most of the documents pertain to the business and legal affairs of the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor
Co. Included also is a lengthy memorandum by Edison about railway motors and generators. Much of the
correspondence is by Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s attorney. Related material can be found in D-90-33
(Electric Light - Edison General Electric Company - General).
1890. Exhibitions (D-90-40)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning electrical and industrial exhibitions in
France, Germany, and the United States. Included are letters concerning the exhibition of the phonograph
and other Edison inventions at the Minneapolis Industriai Exposition. Many of the letters are by Francis R.
Upton, general manager of the Edison General Electric Co. Lamp Works. There is also an 80-page catalog
describing Edison’s inventions exhibited at the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition.
1890. Fort Myers (D-90-41)
This folder contains correspondence, property tax receipts, and other documents pertainingto the maintenance
of the homes and properties of Edison and Ezra T. Gilliland at Fort Myers, Florida. Included also are letters
regarding the proposed sale of property. Many of the letters are by William E. Hibble, caretaker.
1890. Glenmont (D-90-42)
This folder contains correspondence, biils, and other documents rciating to the furnishing and maintenance
of Gienmont, Edison’s home in Lleweliyn Park. Most of the correspondence concerns mortgage payments and
insurance poiicies. There are aiso letters about lighting fixtures and a request from the Electrical Engineer to
publish a photograph of the home. Reiated documents pertaining to misceiiancous houschoid purchases can
be found in D-90-09 (Edison, T.A. - Bills and Receipts).
1890. Mining - General (D-90-43)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mining and ore miiiing. Included are
requests for information about Edison’s mining and ore miiiing machinciy. There are also letters concerning
the purchase of various state geological surveys and maps and the acquisition of mining property in Rockland
County, N. Y. Related material can be found in D-90-64 (West Orange Laboratory).
1890. Mining - Bum, Samuel (D-90-44) [not Tilmed]
This folder contains correspondence, field reports, and other documents relating to the activities of Samuel
G. Bum, who was conducting mine surveys for Edison in the United States and Canada.
1890. Mining - Edison Iron Concentrating Company (D-90-45)
This folder contains correspondence regarding the business of the Edison Iron Concentrating Co. Most of the
letters are by Walter S. Mallory, secretary-treasurer and general manager of the company. Some of the
documents pertain to production difficulties at the company’s ore milling plant in Humboldt, Michigan, which
was destroyed by fire on December 3, 1890. There are also letters about the survey of mining properties, the
distribution of stock, and other financial matters.
1890. Mining - Edison Ore Miiling Company, Ltd. (D-90-46)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the organization and management of
the Edison Ore Milling Co., Ltd. Included are documents concerning Edison’s election as a director of the
company. There are also items dealing with the company’s financial and legal affairs. Among the
correspondents are Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s attorney; Samuel Insull, vice president of the company; and
William S. Perry, secretary.
1890. Mining - Foreign (D-90.47)
This folder contains correspondence about mining and ore milling in Canada and other foreign countries.
Much of the rarrespondence relates to Edison’s interest in various Canadian copper and iron mines. There
are also inquiries about Edison’s ore milling and processing machinciy. Other documents pertain to ore
samples sent to Edison.
1890. Mining - Mines and Ores (I)-90-48)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mines and ores to bo bought, sold,
worked, or tested. Some of the items deal with the mining interests of individuals who either wanted to sell
property to Edison or to have their ores tested. Included are letters concerning the lease of mining propertv
in Putnam County, N.Y.
1890. Mining - New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works (D-90-49)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the organization of the New Jersey and
Pennqilvania Concentrating Works. Included are documents about the closing of Edison’s ore milling plant
in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania and the establishment of his Ogden works in New Jersey. Many of the
documents are by William K. L. Dickson, a West Orange laboratory employee who was sent to Ogden to
report on the operations of the new plant. Related material can be found in D-90-64 (West Orange
Laboratory).
1890. Patents (D-90-50)
This folder contains correspondence to and from Edison’s patent attorneys and agents, along with other
documents relating to domestic and foreign patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters.
Included are documents concerning two patent infringement cases, Edison Electric Light Co. v. U.S. Electric
Lighting Co. and the Trenton Feeder Case; an essay regarding proposed reforms in the U.S. patent system;
and a series of notes written by Edison about various patent matters. Among the correspondents arc attorneys
Richard N. Dyer, Sherburne B. Eaton, and Henry W. Seely.
1890. Phonograph - General (D-90-S1)
This folder contains correspondence about the technical and commercial development of the phonograph.
Sonie of the letters arc by Edison’s attorney, Sherburne B. Eaton, and relate to Edison’s suit against Ezra T.
Gilliland and John C. Tomlinson. Also included arc letters about musical recording sessions at the West
Orange laboratory, correspondence regarding phonograph exhibitions, and requests for information about
phonographs and cylinder recordings. Individual letters pertaining to more than one phonograph company are
also filed in this folder.
1890. Phonograph - Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company (D-90-S2)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Automatic
Phonograph Exhibition Co., which was organized to promote Edison’s coin-operated phonograph. Also
included are documents about the technical development of the coin-operated phonograph and about the
company’s lawsuit against the North American Phonograph Co. Many of the ietters are by Felix Gottschalk,
president of the company.
1890. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Company (D-90-S3)
This folder contains correspondence about the business of the Edison Phonograph Co. Most of the letters are
from the law firm of Baton & Lewis and reiate to the company’s New Jersey tax obligations.
1890. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works (D-90-54)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the business of the Edison Phonograph
Works. Many of the letters are from the law firm of Eaton & Lewis and relate to stock matters and to
agreements involving Edison, the Phonograph Works, and other parties. There are also documents concerning
the organization of the company’s board of directors. Much of the correspondence is by Samuel InsuU,
treasurer of the company.
1890. Phonograph - Foreign - General (D-90-55)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents reiating to the commercial development of Edison’s
phonograph in the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, and Russia. Included are testimonials from Russian
composers and musicians and letters about the presentation of the phonograph to Porfirio Diaz, Czar
Alexander III, and Friedrich Krupp. Among the correspondents are Josef Hofmann, the Polish pianist;
Thomas B. Conneiy, Edison’s phonograph agent in Mexico; and Julius H. Biock, Edison’s agent in Russia.
1890. Phonograph - Foreign - Edison United Phonograph Company (D-90-S6)
This folder contains correspondence reiating to the business of the Edison United Phonograph Co. Inciuded
are letters about the payment of bills for phonographs and phonograph accessories, foreign patent applications,
and the presentation of phonographs to foreign heads of state. Some of the correspondence is by G. N.
Morison, secretaiy of the company. There are also letters by Edison’s attorney, Sherburne B. Eaton.
1890. Phonograph - Foreign - Frazar & Company (D-90-S7)
This folder contains correspondence relating to phonograph sales ageneies in China and Japan. There are also
letters about the presentation of phono^aphs to Chinese and Japanese government officials. Most of the
correspondence is by Everett Frazar, Edison’s phonograph agent in China and Japan.
1890. Phonograph - North American Phonograph Company - General (D-90-S8)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the North American
Phonograph Co. and to the technical development of phonographs and cylinders. Included are numerous
circular letters to local Edison phonograph companies coneerning company policies and technical matters.
There is also material regarding the sale of coin-operated phonographs and the iawsuit filed against the North
American Phonograph C^. by the Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Co. Much of the correspondence is by
Thomas R. Lombard, vice president of the company, and by Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s personal attorney.
Related material can be found in D-90-52 (Phonograph - Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company).
1890. Phonograph - North American Phonograph Company - Subsidiary Sales Companies (D-90-59)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business affairs of various regional
sales companies under contract with the North American Phonograph Co. Included are an annual report of
the Metropolitan Phonograph Co. and correspondence about the use of the phonograph in the printing
industry and about the deveiopment of a nickel-in-the-slot device by the Colorado and Utah Phonograph Co.
There are also many letters by Edward D. Easton, president of the Columbia Phonograph Co., concerning
technical problems and improvements in the phonograph.
1890. Phonograph - Talking Doll (D-90-60)
This folder contains correspondence, accounts, and other documents concerning the manufacture and
promotion of Edison’s talking doll. Many of the documents pertain to the business of the Edison Phonograph
Toy Manufacturing Co. There arc aiso letters about Edison’s efforts to reorganize the company’s board of
directors and about the saie of Edison’s foreign patent rights to the talking doll. Included also are letters
requesting dolls or asking for information about them. Among the correspondents are Daniel Weld, secretary
of the Toy Manufacturing Co.; J. T. Spalding, a company stockholder: and Sherburne B. Eaton, Edison’s
attorney.
1890. Sims-Edison Electric Torpedo Company (D-90-61)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the business of the Sims-Edison
Electric Torpedo Co. Included are documents about the demonstration of the company’s electric torpedo boat
and Edison’s opinion of the boat. Most of the letters are by Everett Frazar, president of the company.
1890. Telegraph - General (D-90-62)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the technical and commercial development of the telegraph.
Most of the letters are from the law firm of Eaton & Lewis and concern the ease of Welch v. Edison. There
is also a letter about quadruplex patent royalties.
1890. Telegraph - Phonoplex (D-90-63)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the Edison Phonoplex System of
Telegraphy. Most of the documents relate to the installation of phonoplex circuits on various American and
Canadian raiiroads. Some of the items deal with the probiem of finding suitable batteries, condensers, and
other components. Much of the correspondence is by W.S. Logue, fieid agent for the phonopiex ^stem. Most
of Logue’s letters are addressed to Edison’s secretary, Alfred O. Tate. Tate served as the company’s electrician
and oversaw its daily business operations. Edison himself was only tangentially involved in phonoplex
operations, and very few letters to or from him can be found in this folder. The case study approach begun
in 1887 continues for the Pennsylvania Raiiroad; substantive items relating to the operations of the phonoplex
on that railroad have been selected. In addition, the foliowing documents have been fiimed; substantive items
regarding saies strategics, competition with Western Union, and Logue’s role as field agent for both the
phonoplex and the Edison ManufacturingCo.; correspondence about technical problems, indicatingsubstantive
involvement by Arthur E. Keunelly, chief electrician at the West Orange laboratory; and an advcrtisingcircular
issued by the Edison Phonoplex System. Related material can be found in D-90-01 (Battery), D-90-02
(Bergmann & Company), and D-90-27 (Edison Manufacturing Company).
1890. West Orange Laboratory (D-90-64)
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and other documents relating to experimentsand tests conducted
at the West Orange laboratory. Also included are lists of experimental accounts, payroll records for the
machine shop and laboratory, and other documents pertaining to labor costs for experimental work.
1890. Batteiy (D-90-01)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to
the procurement and testing of batteries. Some of the letters deal with batteries
for the phonograph and phonoplex. Related documents can be found in D-90-
27 (Edison Manufacturing Company).
Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of
the documents not filmed concern G. W. Ladd’s battery work. Also not filmed
are duplicate copies of selected documents.
Miner's
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
44 WAUL STREET.
Jfew rffl'/f,. Jan. 13, 1890.
A. E. Kemelly Esq.,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N, J,
Dear Sir:-
Thls will introduce to you Mr. Mayhevf V/ainwright,
a personal friend of mine, who will hove vdth him a small
primary battery in connection with a miniature lamp, which has
been very extensively introduced in England, but vdiich, so far
as I know, has never been manufactiu-ed in this country. Erom
wliat I know of the battery, I believe it to possess superior
advantages over anything that has as yet appeared in this market
in the way of a primary battery, and I am very anxious that
some test shoxild bo made by a competent person in order to
deteiTOine its efficiency. Any courtesies extended to Mr.
V/ainwright I will regard as a personal favor, and I hope that
yol^ can find time to make an early test of the battery, in order
that we may know just vfhat its oonmercial value may be. I under¬
stand from Mr. Vfeinwright that no effort has as yet been made
to introduce it into tMs country.
Thanking yovi in advance, I remain,
Yours very truly,
John P» Randolph, Ksq.,
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith for yovir inform
mation, copy of a letter under date IGth instantt, addressed by me
to Mr, Jam'Gs P, Kelly, quoting prices on old chromic a-oid cells.
[ENCLOSURE]
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chromic acid cclla, v/c bo;' to aay that wo tu’o pi'cpai’otl to ciapply
thooo to thn north Am. Phonorirapli Oo, at jiricoa tV;o «imc! nr, chm’f'ocl
by tho KdiQon Pliono^rq-'ls '’!nvlr.. 'ClioKo pricoa arc aa folirwr,:
y.inca 30 cents each; corbona 10 cento ouch; ('lana .iai’o 30 oonts
ofich; Iwttnry coran 7r> cento o!«jh; nihbor topo <i7 c:nto each;
oojncotiono a oonto ouch; oliromic acid :i0 contra a poimiT, oi’ in
Iota of 300 Ibo., and over, 10 :i/4. cents, lean lo:;;. Price of one
coll complete v;ith. iren jar ffJJ.VO. Tlicy iioo one of th.onn oollr, to
a pViono{;;x't|)h.
Yours truly.
( Sinned )
A. 0,
^isy
_^,,HJCKER J.
New York,_JJtJl.__30,_iaaO _ 189.
A. E. Kenneiiy, Esq.
Edison’s Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.-
My dear Mr. Kenneiiy;
Mr. Hastings has sent me the report yon made npon
the portable Mindr’s Lamp, after testing the same at your laboratory.
I am, of course, rather disappointed that you were not able, after
making such an apparently exhaustive investigation, to sustain the
claims made for the battery by the inventor, and I should hesitate to
trouble you about the matter again were it not for the fact that i
have received a letter from the representative of the inventor in this
cotjntry, to whom I sent a copy of your re port, '^hi eh copy of course
all names wre left out.
This letter purports to give an explanation of the reason for
the failure of t lie battery under your test to sustain the claims made
for it, I send tiiis explanation for what it is worth, and if it is
not giving you too much trouble i would like to hear from you, to sat¬
isfy my own mind, whether this explanation is a reasonable one or not.
I enclose you extract from this letter I have mentiorfid,
I trust youwill pardon the liberty I have taken in address¬
ing you directly on this matter, but since I made certain representa-
MUCKER & H£/vo^
New York,
tlons to you regarding the battery, which were made in perfectly good
faith on my part, I feel anatural desire to know whether 1 had been
misinformed.
With many thanks for your kindness to me on jiiy visit to
Orange, an occasion which I recall with much pleasure, and hoping you
will be able to favor me with a reply to this letter, I remain.
Very truly yours,
/ • ///.
'■Atfr/Si-
[ENCLOSURE]
-jVJCKER & HE/vo.
New York, _ ^ _ 189
Copy Of a portion of letter referred to in accompanying com¬
munication: --
•Dear sir: .
I am in receipt of your favor of even date,
with expert’s report enclosed therein, J consider the report a good
one considering the circumstances under which the test was made. But
of course, as you must realize, the test was not made on the basis re¬
quested by us. I asked particularly to have the battery tested on the
day on which it was filled with the solution. You must appreciate the
fact that these little batteries require charging every day. The rea¬
son for this is that the little four cell batteries hold one pint of
solution, and the charge in the inner cup and the outer mingle by a
creeping up of the solution iii the outer cell over the top of the por¬
ous cup. As the solutions become equalized the battery loses its life
so that when the two solutions are equal the light goes out.
In batteries which are made to stand for any length of time tie
tops of the porous cups are greased to prevent the creeping up of the
solution. Of course the portion of the porous cup which is greased re¬
duces the porosity to just that amount and consequently takes away
somewhat from the life of the battery. In so small a battery as the
little four cell battery which you had, there is no need of greasing.
[ENCLOSURE]
cocker &
New York. _
bnoause the battery is made for a specific purpose, and that is, to
oharee every day for a run of eight hours. If the top Avere to be
greased it would take away one, two or three hours fron the life of
the battery , according to the surface which would be greased at the
top of the cup.
Now the course of the expert who made the test in allowing
this battery to stand for a. day and then making his test, is a very
unfair one towards us. it is not a report mde on the basis of our
proposition in any respect whatsoever . . . i wish to
convey to your mind the idea that the report, as far as a fair test of
the battery is concerned, is absolutely worthless .
I do not wonder at kka electricians being incredulous of our claims
for the battery, because the results which we obtain from it have
never been gotten from any other, hut when we make claims and are pre¬
pared to substantiate these claims by a test based upon them, I con¬
sider it as extremely unfair for any electrician to make a test in any
other way and then submitting a report purporting to be a test made
upon the basis of our claims, I am prepared to take a battery to the
expert’s room, and in his presence to make the solution and to pour it
into the battery and then in our presence he can make the test.
It may also be that the expert in re ehagging the battery
[ENCLOSURE]
^^,,.UCKER & HE/VO
Attorneys and Couns*
with the solution, put up accordine to the prescription sent you, may
have used the ordinary saltpetre sold by druggists. This would accountr
for the weakness of the solution, as I know qf only one place in New
York whereh the proper sort of saltpetre for this solution can be
purchased. The solution, the ingredients of which were sent you, is
only effective whsn this particular kind of Chi U saltpetre is used.
Of course if the expert had used any other solution ordinarily employ¬
ed in primary batteries it would have been effective. Furthermore
the zincs used in the light miners lamps are practically good for only
three days, as lightness is the first requisite in a lamp of this sort
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In regarcl to the Storage 'Batteries v/hioh are going
to te erected in the Laboratory by I.lr’» \T« N* Stevmrt, the latte,r
desires to Icnow vdiere tliese are to be plaoeUl-J^ V/ould it not be
better for Mr'.. Stev/art to send the out lie re and v/e can ar¬
range for placing them after th^jr arrive!
A'. 0. Tate.
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I Jilin ould be desirable to obtain from Mr. Stewatt.
the dim ms of the single cells, so that we can put up
’}{t kind of shelf in the cellar for their reception.
Yours truly.
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r ilASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
' 16 & 18 BgOAD STREET,
#16 Broad Streot,M,Y.
e.pA±_J.3rd 1890. y/rP
A, 0. Tate,Esq • , Private Secretary,
Edison Laboratory,
0”anGe,M. J.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose you herewith copy of a letter received
from John P. Haines, Esq . President of the New York Phonoeraph
Company, dated the I9th.
I shall be glad if you will look into the matter of the non¬
delivery of batteries ordered by that Company three v/eeks ago.
Yours truly.
X
[ENCLOSURE]
Sepb. 19th>
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the 10th, inst,, enclosing letter of., Mr.
aJ, .-jiid contents carefully noted.
"at Aeries is one to which we have devoted much
ide o-.veral careful tests of the Edison primary
,, ari ,r.v": pleased with the result.
■ ' . .lass batteries about three weeks ago,
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prov j satiofnetory after further experience
numoor of them.
Yours very truly.
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Dear Sir;-
Ypu may remember my having some oorreapondenc
with the Phonograph people, complaining that they were not using
the Edison Lalande Battery; I now here complaints of the alow
delivery of Batteries to, the New York Phonograph Company; I suggest
that you look into this matter, right away*
No Eno.
[ENCLOSURE]
Richard N. Dj^er, Esq.,
#36 Wall Street,
Mevf York City.
hear Sir:-
With reference to the attacted mamorandnm from W. R.
Gtev/art, v/ill you please give me any information t?at you can
relative to the matter tlierein referred to, and rmich oblige
Yours tmly,
Private Secretary
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[REPORT BY ARTHUR E. KENNELLY?]
STATEMENT AS TO FOUR CELL BATTERY,- MINER'S LAMP.
Electro motive force, - 2 volts per cell.
Quaritltyi- “liamperes.
Surface, of ^ainc, - • 12 inches. ,
• Box will maintain a two and' one-half camdle power light
for eight hours uniform, and three hours lesser light,
at cost of one and one'-half cents. .
Acid employed and consumed,- one-half pound,- one ot, per
pound.
Zinc,- one ounce,- six cents per pound. V
Saltpetre, two ounces, - one cent per pound.
Box with lamp and reflector can be constructed at^
of about one dollar and twenty cents.
Box is made of wood and lined with an acid proof./gi
The electro motive force is maintained throughout the
eight hours.
EIGHT CELt, BOX TO RUN TWELVE HOURS: EIGHT CANDLE
POWER light- or two FIVE CANDLE LIGHTS FOR NINE HOURS.
■f' '
Weighs charged fourteen and one-half pounds.
Measures 12 x 6 1-2 x 6.
Made of Vulcanite,
Cost of construction $3.50.
Eight cells at two volts per cell,- 16 volts (say 15)
Zinc measures 5x3 1-2, equals 21 square inches.
Gives six and ore -ha If amperes. '
Box will pun a sewing machine on ordinary work; cost of
12 hours pun four cents.
Acid, one and one-half pounds-- 1 1-2 cents
Zinc, six ounces,-- 2, cents ,5 ^
Saltpetre, say one-half pound,-- 1-2 cent;. ; Total 4 cent
Internal resistance, 1-4 ohm per cell. "v
Solution to act on Carbons.
a pts, Sul^phurle acid by volume to 6 parts water; add
Chili saltpetre to saturation on zinc.
1 pari Sulphuric' acid to 15 of water. Add half a teaspoon¬
ful of saltpetre to each porous cup before charging.
1890. Bergmann & Company (D-90-02)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the business of Bergmann
& Co. The company manufactured electric lighting fixtures, sockets, and other
devices used with the Edison system of electric lighting, as well as equipment
for the Edison phonoplex system of telegraphy. Some of the letters pertain to
tests conducted for the company by the West Orange laboratory. There are
also letters regarding a phonoplex exhibit at the annual meeting of the
Association of American Railway Telegraph Superintendents. Most of the
correspondence is by Joseph Hutchinson, secretary of the company. On
August 1, 1890 the company became part of the Edison General Electric Co.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: meeting
announcements; routine correspondence regarding orders, supplies, and tests.
Related material can be found in D-90-33 (Electric Light - Edison
General Electric Company - General).
Orange, N.J.
A.E.Kennelly, Esq.
Dear Sir,
We send you herewith a sample of what we know as Breslau compound. Kindly
make a test of it, and let us know how it compares for Insulating and other qualities:
with bonsilate. Thanking you in davanoe, we are i
Orange, H.J.
A.E.Kennelly, Esq.
Dear Sir,
We send you with this a sample of the substance we shall call electrold
vfor the moment as we do not know Its name.and shall be glad if you will make a com-'
plete test on it with^a view to ascertaining If it can be used in our business with
^ any greater advantage to us than the .substances we are at present employing. We
thank you in advance, and remain
A. S.-KenneMy, Esq.‘
Dear Sir,
We i sand you by this mail a sample of Roxite which we are informed by the
manufacturers thereof is an Improvement on that which you have already tested,- Kind-'
make a further test of this especially v/lth a viev; to ascertainlnR its miosture
proof qualities, and oblige .
Snclossd herewith please find, ready for Mr. Edison’s signature, a lease
of the premises situated at 275, Fifth Avenue. Please have this document forwarded
to Mr. Edison asking for his signature as President of Bergmann & Co. There is indica
ted on the lease the place where Mr. Edison ought to sign. He understands that this
lease is to be made, as. I explained it to him some days before he left for the
South. Kindly get him to return it as soon as possible and oblige
Yours very truly,
Ass’t General' Manager.
/
'ill have yojir meter ready In a very short time
BBRQMANN CG.,
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
NOTE—Thia oonflrmaUon ahould be olt coked loUht/ie orlf/inalmeasaf/eitnmediately on
receipt. It will be assumed to be correct unless advised to the contrary by telephone.
J6YJ
Edison Phonoplax System of Talegra'pby
O.ranga, N.J. ^ c:
A. 0. fate, Esq.
Dear Sir,
C
Referring to- your s of the 22nd inst v/e bag to say that we will
participate in the expense inoin'dental . to furnishing necessary advertisement
.at the-tfair.'/ay^ liips?tntend ents Convention and that, our proportion
one-third or SSS.OO . 5?a .wish you would kindly Inform us how many a
will be
1890. Dick (A.B.) Company (D-90-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
mimeograph business of the A.B. Dick Co. Included are letters about royalty
payments, advertising, and patent infringement suits. Most of the letters are
by iMbert B. Dick, president of the company. Some of the material may be
partially or completely illegible due to faded ink and water damage.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: letters of
acknowledgement and transmittal; meeting announcements; other routine
business correspondence.
IXr, Thosas A» Edison,
Orange, N. J, 1
Dear ^ir:— We a/e in receipt of your favor of
the 25th ins t,, enclosing copy of an advertisement of “The New
Edison Mimeograph Companj'* of New York and beg to say that we know
nothing of. this concern whatever, never having heard of them before,
blit have written to our New. York Office to investigate at once, and
advise ;UB. The advertisement is so sweeping in its statemenijr,that it
cannot bo misunderstood as referring directly th the Edison Mimeo¬
graph, and wo think Mtec should at once place the matter in the hands of
Major Eaton and have them estopped from using the name of “Edison."
•• Thanking you for bringing the matter . to our notice,we are
Yours truly, ^ /
H. B. Dick Cotw^phny,
^ OFFICE DEVICES,
I62-IB4 LAKE STREET.
. Jany,3l/18.9.0., .
.!V. ./ '’W
Mr. Thoms A. Edisoii,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:— Referring again to your letter of ^
recent date concerning advertisement of "The New Edison Mimeograph^’’
Company" of New York, beg to say that a telegram has just been reeeiv- i,
ed from our New York Manager as follows:
"Advertisement New Edison Mimeograph Company, innocently
done by a Minister here- who has sold Machine. Have taken proper
steps."
We conclude from this that a Minister who has little know¬
ledge of Commercial life has been selling a few Mimeographs from his
news-paper advertisements, and has purchased them from our New York
Office, so the matter is not a serious one nor will it call for any
legal advice or attention. At the same time we will . see that his
name is signed hereafter to advertisements, instead of the name which
he choose for it.
YOurs very truly.
Mr, Thomas A, Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:— In looking over the contract sent us
for Foreign business, we find that you have omitted the clause similar
to that which is contained in contract for the United States in sec¬
tion Pi^as follows:
"The party of the first part gives to the party of the secon.
.part, the r3.ght,,to use his (the party of the first part’s)mme: on the
apparatus made eind sold by the party of the second part under this
agreement."
Will you send us a letter granting us this right, or do you
think it advisable for us to draft new contracts? Upon receipt of
advice from you vrill give the matter immediate attention, and would
have done so before, but have been so busy on other matters since ny
return home that this contract has been neglected.
Mr.A.O. Tats, Secy,
Oranee, N. J.
, , . 1 X Dear Sir:-, -I have your favor of the 12th inst. , and
in reply beg to state that we have executed the contracts sent to us
for that purpose, and return ytiU one herewith,, which can be held by
you until the others are prepared and sent to us. The understanding
of course, is that we are to name the Mimeograph" Edison's" ^he same
as we always have done in this count ly .and -we presume leaving the
clause out of the contract as written by you was simply accidental.
VVhen the new contracts are prepared they can be sent to us for sig¬
nature, and the one we have retained will be cancelled and’ returned.
Yours very truly ,
K. B. DICK COMPANY.
Labor-Saving office_^evices,
162-164 LAKE STREET.
yi^kica^o<'.... . Mar.ch.,..lS/lS9.0.«..
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Mr. Thomas A. Edlso^i,
Orange, N. J. '
Dear Sir:— A year or two ago you told ms that you
had a’ cheap process for making Carbon paper, and if you are prepared
6o turn over this process to us, or are prepared to furnish us paper
in large (luantities we think we could a good deal with it in connec¬
tion with our other business. It will be necessary, however, to secure
it at a veiy low price in order to compete with other extensive manu¬
facturers who are already on the market.
AWaiting your favors, we are
Yours very truly ,
7^. B. Dick Comphny.
- L&BARjlS A_yiMg_OXFJg E DEVICES.
32 LIBERTY STREET.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J,
Dear Sir:-
As w-3 under.stand froii
your exhibit at the Lenox Lyceu^
Electric Pen in connection v/iy
you send to the Lenox Lyceum
trie Pen coiiiplSte . V/e v/ill
have to make this req-.iest b\
exhibited the Electric Pan ik_iiio Pari;
ste^d of returning dbt, kept itfor his
i in <
Phill ip^.^iebel , who has change ' of
that y<5^vi3h us to exhibit the
igraph, v/e would request that
lond^ as eaily as pos.siblB an Elec-
SEuue is exhibited. V/e v/ovild not
■uebel tells us that the party who
iiion last svuivner, in-
Trdsting that you will
! that you cannot send the Electric Pen on Monday, we a
Yours very truly,
K. B. Dick Co7«^phny,
,0„LSm,'F,m.iTC. ‘ April., .
■Mr, Thos. A, Edison,
Oranee, N.J, /
Bt^ar am in receipt to-daj^ of jfour photograph
as vrell as ths steel e;-4:raving se^-^o me, and I desire to express
sincere thanks for same. Will s^d you copies of the photo engrav¬
ings as soon as they /are only'
i yours very truly.
. .Faiertli who Is trading under the name of the "Redding Ink Coii5>any« in
Newark, N,J, for Infringement of the Mimeograph, and lA*, Fuerth’s
Attorn^ has obtained an order from the Court that we shall file a
’Bond for security of costs on the ground that we are a non-resident
corporation.
It is necessary that we shall file this Bond before we can
commence taking testimony in this Suit ,and I would be glad to have you
go on tMs Bond for us. It will be in an amount not to exceed $250,
we are advised by Dyer & Seely, and if you will drop them a line at
3^W^1 Street, New York City, stating that you will sign the Bondjtly
will send one to you executed for that purpose.
Hoping that this will meet with your approval, and as it is
Essential that we should get at this Suit as soon as possible,! trust
you will give it prompt attention.-
Yours very t^'uly.
Dear Sir:-
Ve take pleaaure in aeridins 'you Dy expreae, a model
Mimeograph with Joint ociripflmon't'B of ieai>selve8 and J* S, 01111
land, this ie for your iabtfrator^xhibrt ahd we tjrtist that you
a o 1 p h,
Oct. 20, 1890.
PleasQ give me a statement of royalties
received, from the A. B. Dick Company for each quarter, commencing
from the start.
A. 0. T a
Dear Sir;— your favor of the 12th iust,,. received
during the writers* absence, and in reply to same 1 beg to state that
without making comparison of your statement with our books, I take it
•for granted that your report of amounts received for royalties, is
correct.
It would be a difficult matter for me, or any one, I fancy,
.to explain why the public will not buy the Mmsograph faster than they
do. I make no attenpt at an explanation of this matter, as the public
have not seen fit to give us reasons for their failure to appreciate
the Mimeograph to a greater degree.
If I was in position to enlighten you on the subject, I
v/ould gladly do so.
yours truly,
H. B. Dick Company,
~ - DEVICES,
162-164 LAKE STREET,
. Nov. 22/1890, .
Mr. Thoms A. Edison,
Orance , N, J.
Dear Sir:— I beg to acknova edge receipt of your
favor of the 20th inst., and vrould in reply state that vra evidently
■/„ did nd sunder stand your letter of the 12th inst. The volume of busi¬
ness of this, Conpany has been growing each year since the commencement
at the rate of between forty and fifty per cent, but the sales of
m ■
\ Aii^oijirapMc Mimeographs^ on such as we pay you royalty, has not grown
' perceptibly during any year since the first in which we coimaeneed
business.
The method of manifolding on the 'i^rpe -writer is largely
^ , superceding the Autographic method of reproducing circular mat ter, con¬
sequently, although we sell what vre consider a large number of Auto¬
graphic manifolding machines annually, the extent of this sale is due
wholly to extre-ordinary efforts put forth by us to reach every person
vcho ca.n possibly use such a device. The demnd v^hich comes to us from
business houses. Railroads, etc., etc., is for the nethod of nH.irf.fold-
ing IVpe-writer work, and this br2inch of our business is increasing
rapidly each year. ■
Yours truly ,
V'
, \2jPi. B. Dick CcmPHNY.
Mr, Thomifi A. Edison,
. Nov. ,22/1890,
Dear Sir:— During the early Spring of 1888 you
made a large number of samples of ink for use in connection with the
mmeograph, none of which, however, were as satisf actoiy as the ink
' which we were then using. I wish, however, to inquire whether in aiy
,„one of these sajnples you used any ingredients similar to “Vaseline",
“Cosmolihe", “Densoline", or any of the residues of Petroleum, and
if you did not in any of tj^se samples, have you at any time previous
to the time when you made the experiments referred to, used such an
ingredient in ^ ink for manifolding purposes?
Hoi>irig to hear from you soon, I remain
Yours truly, ^ ^
1890. Edison, T. A. - General (D-90-04)
This folder contains documents, primarily correspondence, covering a
wide variety of subjects. Some of the material relates to personal matters.
Also included are documents that deal with more than one subject, such as a
letter about both the electric light and electric traction. Documents concerning
subjects that do not fall under the main subject categories are also filed in this
folder. Among the items are numerous letters from George P. Lathrop and
several dozen pages of notes in Edison’s hand pertaining to their collaboration
on a science fiction novel.
More than 90 percent of the documents have been filmed. The following
categories of documents have not been filmed; correspondence from the law
firm of Eaton & Lewis regarding the transmittal of papers and bills and other
routine legal matters; duplicate copies of selected documents.
EATON & LEWIS
S.B. EATON
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Mr, Thomas A. Edison,
Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Re Personal Tax, Edison Admr. We send you herewith
t\70 answers to be verified, one in each of the above mtters.
In the matter of !•. A. Edison personal tax we have concluded itor
various reasons to leave out any reference to payments of taxes
at Orange .
In the matter of Tax Edison Admr. we find by inquiry,
that letters of adndnistration were granted by the Surrogate of
the County of New York upon the estate of Mary A. Edison, on
the 17th day of Pebruary, 1885. We believe the answer, in other
respects, explains itself. Please veriiV the papers and return
them to us, if possible, by next Saturday,
Very truly yours.
JltDING)
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V/e hand you herewith two copies of a Trust Agreement, in
lieu of those prepared by us la«tr Slimmer, betvfeen Mr/ Edison and
the Garfield Safe Deposit Co. The latter Company cannot toeept the
Trust, and so havo finally decided, and wo have qsked the Mercan-
iile Trusu Company, who express their willingness to accept it.
V/ill you therefore have the enclosed contracts executed in dupli¬
cate and return to us with'&evertificate of stodc called for, and
we v^ill have the same executed by the Trust Company and return one
EATON a LEWIS
S.B. EATON
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Orange, M. J.
Dear Sir;
copy to Mr. Edison
tzsxitEgrapb; doinPAivY^
Mr. Randolplij-
Jan. 5, 1890.
Vlill y ai pl-ease yive in’ tlie informati
asked for in attached letter from Miss Stev/art.
A. 0. T a t e .
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My dear Sdison:
I reached my office this moming, having been abeent in
Canada for nearly ten days and I heard incidentally thp shocking
infceUigence of the illness of your daughter. I sinoerely- hope
you have more favorable news - You have my wdimest sympathy.
After all, it is throu^- our children that man, nature and
fate can touch us most deeply.
The object of this letter is, however, to tell, you that in>.
mediately after seeing you the other day I o oninunieated with Mr.
H. B’. Hollins but did not get a reply until neah the first of Jan¬
uary. He had his arrangements all made, as I knew, .for a pro¬
longed trip through the South and to Mexico. My n6t ion was tmt
he would not go away until about the 5th oi^ 6th inst.:} but- it
seems that arrangements made obliged him to go on the first-.
It is therefore impracticable to have- the interview of which we
spoke with him until after his return.
In the meantime I have not yet seen Mr.- Auerbach ani do not
know the condition of the Bochester bilsiness. Should tiers bo
sufficient occasion I may ooimunlcate with you about -fiiat wlthont
waiting for Mr. Hollins' return.
In the meantime let some one of your people send me- a line
telling me what is the news about your daughter's health.
Ever sincerely yours.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,-
Orange, New Jersey.
Stern El Silverman,
Edison Electric Light
Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company,
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Ro Tax on Mr, Edison as Adminis^trator . The Cou"t has
decided that you must pay this tax, about $700. In a few days I
shall send you the exact amount. Please find the decision at the
bottom of this sheet .
The Court holds that your being a non-resident, makes no
difference, because you took out letters of administration; also
that the exemption of U.S. bonds was a question that should have
been pesented to the Tax Commissioners in IS86, whonlalono that
question ccould have been raised.
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not pay you to appeal.
Vie fought the case foh all there was in it, and our- brief
covered all the points in our favor. In my judgment, an appeal
would do no good. But we can appeal if you wish. Will you kindly
give me your instructions.
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personal tax, and there is a bare chance that the Court will hold
that you \Tere a non-resident, although the facts as shown by our
testimony are somevdmt against us.
Regretting that the vital point touching exemption of U.
S. bonds was not raised in ISS6, thereby "freeing. ;; you from this
tax, and hoping that no such errors will occur ihere^ter, I remain.
Very truly yours.
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S.B.EATON
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Menlo Park, Orange, W. J.
Dear Slr;-
Re Edison Personal Tax
building;
^07‘Xy Jan. T,gffo,
Re Edison Administrator Tax!
As you hare already bean informed the Judge decided in
fayor of the RecelTer of Taxes in the matter of the tax a^inst you
as administrator.. We have sent you a copy of Mr. Justice o*Brlenb
decision. We do not recommend an appeal. if this meets your
Ylews, will you kindly send us a check payable to the onier of John
G. H. Meyers. Attorney, for $857.30, which is the amount due with
interest, and a snail amount of costs.
Ihe proceeding against you personally has been dismissed
and an order entered to that effect on the Soth Inst.
Very truly yours,
LEWIS
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
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T,» A, Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Bear Sir;
Re Edison Administrator Tax. We beg to acknowledge the re¬
ceipt of your check of January 31st, on Brexel, Morgan & Company,
in favor of John G. H. Meyers, for $857.30; also a receipt. We will
return the receipt as soon as the matter can be closed.
Very truly yours.
CUISINE A FEATURE.
ELEGANT COMMERCIAL SAMPLE ROOMS.
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Dear Slr:-
I enclose you herewith the full text of B. P. Thurs¬
ton, Esq's opinion on the Phonograph and Graphophone patents and
licenses, which we employed him to give us, and I thought it might
interest you to see the samo# We have been making vigorous
efforts to get the matter of the North American Phonograph stock
before the public in an intelligent way, and are trying to educate
them up to what these new machines are; we are now awaiting the
result of the subscription, which wo trust will pass off success¬
fully.
I would be very glad Indeed if some time you could give
me an opportunity of seeing the newjstreet-oar motor, which you
spoke to Mr. Lippincott and the rest of us about the other day,
as I have given it considerable thought, and it has interested mo
greatly; I judged from what you said it would be in operation in
the course of a week or two.
I am. Yours very truly,
end.
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S.B. EATON
EUGENE H. LEWIS
Thomas A, Edison, Esq,,
Orange, N, J,
Dear Sir;
We have been in correspondence vyitli G. D. Nichols & Co.,
Of 46 West I4th St., respecting their use of your name in connect¬
ion VTith certain electric balms and hair dyesv etc.' They have
finally agreed to use upon their circulars and advertisements the
name of Dr. Guy Edison, who, they claim, is a person fVom whom they
hold certain rights.' V/e have demanded proofs of the existence of
Dr. Guy Edison, and in answer they have replied that our demand win
be referred to their attorney ex-governor Ingersoll, of Connecti-
cutt, who will reply to us, and if their counsel advises it Dr. Guy
Edison will call and see us personally. This letter came to us
recently signed by G. D. Nichols & Co.' It is dated January 30th.
Up to the present time Dr. Guy Edison has not arrived, but we pro¬
pose to continue our search for him and in default of finding him
we will insist on the name being withdrawn from the advertisements .
Mr. Nichols takes occasion to enclose to us a confiden¬
tial letter, under date also of January 30th, which it is, perhaps,
as well to enclose to you for your inspection.' After reading it.
be kind enough to return to us, as it may be desirable to retain
this letter as evidence.
Enclosure,
Yours tnUy,
Edis0n Laboratory^
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February 12th, was duly received, with enclosure. We beg to hand
you herewith a letter from G. D. liichols & Co., dated February loth,
v/hich, after reading, be kind enough to return to us with the cir¬
cular. We have v/ritten to Mr. Hiohols, in reply to this letter,
that the name Edison must entirely disappear from their circulars
and ^advertisements, and that we cannot consent to their using
the 5,000 circulars still on hand.
Yours truly,
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Dear Sir:
Re E. U. P. Co. As arranged by our Mr. Simpson with you
by telephone to-day, we have made an appointment with Mr. Cutting
to meet Mr. Batchelor and yourself at the Bar of the Hotel opposite
the Perry House in Hoboken, to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 P. M., for
the purpose of passing the appropriate resolutions for increasing
the capital stock of the Edison Phonograph Works. ^
In answer to your letter of the 27th ultimo to our Major
Eaton, we beg to state that the Minute Book of the Edison Electric
Li^t Company of Europe, Limited, now in our possession, is Minute
Book No. 2 and does not contain the By-Laws of the Company. We
are, therefore, unable to advise you as to the proper date for
holding the annual meeting of that Company. The dates of the Min¬
utes of prior annual meetings would seem to indicate that the first
Wednesday of May is the day named in the By-Laws, but this you will
have to verify by consulting the By-Laws themselves, a copy of
which you will doubtless find in Minute Book No. 1.
Wa return you herewith the original agreement between
Thomas A. Edison and The Edison Ore Milling Company, Limited, dated
October 14th, 1887, which you loaned us a few days since.
EAT£N_a l^EWIS
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A. 0. late Esq.,
Orange, N, J.,
Dear Sir;-
I send yon herev/ith assignment of yoiar share of
stooh in the Edison United Phonograph Company to Mr. Edis bn, and
resignation as Director in consequence of your being no longer a
stockholder. V/ill you kindly sign both documents and have the
assignment witnessed by some person at the Lahoratohyjana
return both papers to me so that 1 may have them not ‘^.at'or than,
Monday morning neat.
I also return you herewith your copy of the agi’qement of
October 14th. ,1SS7, between Thomas A. Edison and the Edison Ore
Milling Company ,which you loaned me.^or the purpose o.f Obtain¬
ing certain information therein contained. V/ili you kindly re¬
turn to me the original of tlais contract Which I sent back to you
several, days ago supposing it iio have been the obiW loaned me by
you, but which I find Was an ohiginal belonging to the Ore Milling
Company, left with me by tte.. Butler.' ^
Very truly ymra, y
EQUITABLE BUILDINS I
EATON&^EWIS //
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A. 0. Tate Esq.,
Orange, Nev/ Jersey,
Dear sir:-
Re Electric Pen. We Jaeg to inform you that the
docvunents received, by us from Mr. Tomlinson in this matter and
v/hich he claims to be all in his possession having any bearing
iTpon the subject, do not contain v;hat appears to be the main
agreement regulating the payment of royalties'.upon the sale of
electric pens. We gather from the papers given us by Mr. Tomlin-,
son that this document was an agreement dated November 28th., 1376,
between Thomas A. Edison and Robert Gilliland andt he. Western Electric
Manufactui’ing Company, btit we are vinable to detemdne even this
accurately without having the document itself. We will there¬
fore be unable to answer your question as to the, probable correct¬
ness of the amount of the check recently sent you by the Westu
ern Electric Manufacturing 'Company, until further papers are
furnished to us, bearing upon the subject.
Very truly yours,
My dear Mr* 33iiison,-
JLSaiL
Miss do Mayer cabled yesterday as fo Hoyts; -
“Leave instructions only Simonds soonest
possible. & y e r.",
I enclose herevTith letter bo, ooived from J. T. McAllister of
Rome, Ga. , irt.regard to cold oro^' property, also a ooninunioation
from Yto. T/aring Habersham of Atlanta, Ga. which was forwarded to
the Laboratory by Mr. Geo. P. Xunz, and a letter from Mrs. V/ards-
worth.
Yoars very truly,
Cdis0n Laboratory.
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Dear Siri-
Re Bleotrie Pen. In a letter vmder date of February 4th,
1890. Mr, Tate infomed mo that the Vestem Bleotrie Oompany had
sent you a oheok for $353.44, in payment of royalties due you on
sales of the Bleotrie Pen from April lat, 1886 to Deeembor lat,
1889, and requested me to look into this matter for the inirpose
of ascertaining why the royalties had not been paid at the end of
a shorter period, and, in general, to ascertain the status of your
relations with regard to the Bleotrie Pen. A week or so later we
procured from Ur. Tomlinson all the papers in his possession relat¬
ing Id this matter, the same being a contract between yourself, Mr.
Batchelor and Mr. Jamas Adams, and Charles B. Holland and OeorgeH.
Bliss, as to rights under your foreign patents for the same inven¬
tion i an agreement) between yourself and Ur. Gilliland end Messrs.
Holland and Blias, as to domestic ri^ts in the event of the West¬
ern Bleotrie Company giving up their oontraot! and what appeared to
be a oondensatlon of a contract of November 3876. These
papers being insufficient to enable me to throw any li^t upon the
subject submitted to my consideration by Mr. Tate^ owing to the
fact that there was no provision for royalties in any of these
agreements I Z therefore sent to Mr. Tate in order to proouro a
copy of the aforesaid contraot of November ^Sth. 1B76, if possible,
and have recently received a copy of the same obtained by hl» from
ths Western Blectiio Manufacturing Company. Upon an inspection of
the last named contract I find that it is an agreement between
yourself and Robert Uilllland. of the first part, and the Western
Bleotrio Manufacturing Company of the seeond part, regulating your
relations with the last naned Company as Iiieensee under your patent
for the Bleotrio Fen.
Ey the tenna of this oontraot you and >Ir. Gilliland are
guaranteed a royalty of not less than $8S0 per miimth. in the pro¬
portions of seven-tenths and three-tenths, and the original con¬
trast waa to run three years from its date, with a provision as to
its renewal for a further period of three years after the expiratioi
of its original tem. Asatoing that thp provision for a renewal
was availed of by the Western Bleotrio |lanufaeturing Oomptny. this
would make the oontraot extend down m far as 1888. There are no
papers in our possession showing any modification or further exten¬
sion of this contraot. Zt therefore seems evident, that the chofek
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•for |SSS.44, recently sent you in payment of royaltiea fron April
let* 1880 to December Istt 1889, could not have been Intended as a
payment of the aggregate royalties for that period under this agree¬
ment, inasmuch as the royalties under the tetms of the contract
would have amounted to 19,700. It therefore seems probable to me
that there is some other ecmtraot in existoneet or some very radi¬
cal modification of the cwtract of Novtnber 'OOth, 1876, governing
the present relations between yourself and the Wes torn ‘Blectric Man¬
ufacturing Company, no copy of which has yet been submitted to me*
Ur. Tomlinson affirms that he has given us all the papera in his
possession. And Hr, Tate* so far as X am aware, has uo other pa¬
pers bearing upon the subject. It is therefpre impossible fpr me
to advise you as to the jkrobable correctness of the amount of the
check recently sent you in payment of royalties or as to the pro¬
priety of the period supposed to be covered thereby. If there are
any further papers, to your knowledge , copies of which it is possi¬
ble for you to procure and submit to me, X shall be pleased to go
into the matter further and make a further report. As the matter
stands, X do not see how X can give you any more satisfactory in¬
formation than the above.
Very truly yours,
The New York Herald,
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WASHINGTON.
April 1,1890.
Dear Sir:
Please convey to Mr.Kdiaon my
thanks for the chalk cylinders, which he
has so kindly sent to me.
Very truly yours,
Mr. A. 0. Tate,
Private Secretary to
Thomas A. Edison,
Orance.N.J.
Dear I^fr.Tate:
I think you will be interested in the enolosod
circular just to hand, I have never heard of Thns,F_,Edison,and
I don't think Thos.A.Rdison is in the encyclopaedia business just
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description in the Revi ew next week? If so we should have them o
by Friday at the latest. M
Very sincerely yours,
(Enc losure)
Dear Mr.Tate!
The circular which was not enclosed in your letter
seems to have mysteriously disappeared. It was pinned to the
letter and was mailed with the letter f ran this office. I have
had two or three of the office boys searching through the waste
ba-skets and desks of the office, but have been imable to discover
It was a circular to the effect that one= Thos.j?,
Edison, had a very complete and c anprehensive encyclopaklia which
he had printed. The word “Edison* was printed quite large and
prominent. ■ The work was, if I remember quite right, a Ohicago
publication. . I have Witten to Chicago to see if I can get sane
more circulars.
I don't suppose the matter amounts- to much, but it
struck me tlmt soneone was taking advantage of llr.Edison's fame,
and I judge -the letter “P“ will prevent any action being taken
against them.
Very truly yours.
P.S, Through the kindness of Mr .Kelley I received the cuts of
your new battery. Will you kindly send us description at the ■
very earliest moment possible and gHeatly oblige.
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Dear Mr. Edison:-
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I beg to say:-
Edison vs. Gilliland and Tomlinson. Ingersoll, Lev/ is
and I went before Judgp V/allace, Monday, to get laermission to
amend our answer. Coudert was represented by a man frcm his
office, who asked for an adjournment on the ground thdt Oou-
dort was trying a case and Mr. Jones, of Coudert's office, v/as en¬
gaged professionally at Washington, and that nobody else knev/ the
case. V/ailace adjourned it until this morning. Ingersoll and
lewis went before Hallace this morning,' Tomlinson and done s were
also there,' The Judge granted -81 e amendment;. This disposes of
the present obstacle in our favor. Perhaps they will now demur-
again. The order formally allowing Are amendment will bo signed
by Wallace within a day or two,'
Re Electric Railway Co,' Insull understands just what
your rights are touching your share of the $60,000, and your
share of the $16,000;; also that the Railway Co. will want a re¬
lease from you touching flr e above claims, v/hich the General Co,
has now assumed. If yo u will take the.itrouble to look at the
lengthy document I sent you by mail Monday night, jo u will find
the v/hole story. You can roly upon it, for I prepared it my¬
self with much pains,' I think that it will pay you to glance
over it. You and the Light Co. are partners as to these tvfo
amounts of money, and the General Co. ought now to decide and bind
itself in writing. how and wien these two amounts shall be paid to
you and the Light Co,' Moreover, the Light Co. has furnished some
stock of the Railvcay Co^;* the same as yoti have done as to your
1,189 shares, to enable the General Co. to make its payment of
7,500 shares.
Re Pilament Oas e and Mot ion at Washington to Compel Com-
missioner of Patents to Exhibit your Later Apjaication,' Judge
Davis notifies me this morning that ho does not wish to go to Vtesh-
ington to resist this motion incur behalf, because he has made up
his mind that the Court there will allow the motion and will order
the Comwissioner to exhibit your application. This rather sur¬
prises me. It is entirely different from his first view of the
matter. He suggest that lask Seward to go. Probably this m 11
be done.
Re Illuminating Co. Nuisance on 39th. Street', I have
inspected the new exhaust-head at midnight, when the neighborhood
was quiet, and it does not stop the noise; The noise is still an
undoubted nuisance, I obtained an adjournment of the Court pro¬
ceedings for one week more, during which Mr. Bowker will adopt •
yout suggestion of exhausting into a tank or old boiler. This
nuisance question is very serious.
Re Sir V/illiam Thompson and Feeder Case. I learn
that his retainer is 50 guineas, and his per diem is 15 guineas.
That is about what wo pay Barker, and is leas than Renwick and
Morton charge. Even D'lnfreville charges the same as Sii’ Wil¬
liam.
Re $10,000,' to Lowrey, Davis and Seward for preparing
briefs in the Bohl appeal. I am not disposed to lay this
amount, and while it puts me in a delicate position, I shall: op¬
pose it to the end. Itranains to be seen what the Committee -will
All of which is submitted.
with the bestwisjpjs yft
April 30th., 1390,
Ctiioago, May Ist, 1890.
To whofT] it may concern:
You are t|ereby notified ti\at ttie oopartrierstiip
of W. S. Maliory & Co., 7 W. Ratidoipii St. f^as expired
by linriitation, Mr. Louis C. Striitl^ retiririg. , ,
The busiriess wili be cor^tiriued iri tt^e narrje of
W. S. Maliory & Co., who assuiiie all the; debts arjd
obligatioris of said' late firni." , - ■■ ' . ■
Mr. Smith has qo furtf^er connectioq witii or interest
iq said firrr
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United Edison Manufacturing Company,
H AVENUE,
N Ew York, . 14th,'Ma3r.., . l.S9.0:i .
Bast Orange, N. J«
DEAR SIR:-
Mr. Edward Pays on Weston, representing the Washing¬
ton Memorial Arch oonmittee, oal.l.ed thi s morning with a document
signed by:- Roswell, P, Fowler, Comptroll or Myers, James M.
Broivn, Percy R. Pine, T, R, Codert, Ohaunoey M. Depev;, ex Gover¬
nor Hoagley, of phio, Hiram Hitchcock, Col. Daniel Appleton, and
seventy others, suggesting that the sums due from the unexpended
balance of the World's Pair Fund be turned over to Mr. \Wn. S. Stew
art. Treasurer of the fund for the erection of the Memorial Arch at
Washington Square. He states that you were one of the original
^bsoribers and if you approve of this measure he desires that you
sigi the enclosed paper authorizing such action and mall to the ad¬
dress contained oh envelope also enclosed,
Yours truly.
CASH INSTALLATIONS
DIVISION,
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Unit^ed Edison Mfg^ Co.,
EATON & LEWIS
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Thomas A, Edison, Esq,,
Dear Sir:-
Enolosed please find statement from Mrtf Ldyia 1,'
Ropes, for amount due for mortgage and interest thereon, on Silver
Lake property, calculated as of the 20th. instv, $5,013,'89,
Please return me the enclosed bill approved by you, to¬
gether with your check for the above amount, if correct. You can
date your check the 20th. inSt. if you wish; as the aobdunt will
bo settled as of that date,
I am daily, expecting to Icnow the decision of the Mutual
Life about allowing you to pay off the mortgage they hold on the
Laboratory.
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Henry R. Stout., M.D.
Jacksonville, Flori
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Oran^o, Mew Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
I bee to inform you that on the 20th inst., the mortgagee
held by the Mutual life Insurance Company of New York and lydia L.
Ropes, upon your laboratory at Orange, and the Silver Lake property
respectively, were satisfied, and that the satisfaction pieces have
been sent to the County Clerk of Essex County for the purpose of
having the same properly recorded.
The total amount due on the Mutual Life Insurance Company
mortgage upon the laboratory was $20,700., and on the Ropes mort¬
gage upon the Silver Lake property was $5,013.89. Payments were
made by check of Mr. Insull in each case, and I now hold the bonds
and mortgages together with the abstract of title of the laboratory
plot, and the policies of insurance upon the laboratory, which I I
will return to you as soon as the satisfaction pieces are recorded.
Very truly yours.
The proof of the illuetration of your handeona
exhlolt at the Paris Expoeltion, published in THE- ELECTRICAL WORLD
last November, is novr ready and we take pleasure in railing it to
you to-day, with my best compliments. It is oarefidly packed
in a stout tube and will, I trust, reach you in good condition.
Permit me to add that Mrs Johnston, Dr Bell,
Mr Knight and I very much enjoyed our recent visit to your labora¬
tory, and particularly the opportunity of having such a pleasant
chat witj^ yourself.
With kind regards to you and yours, 1 remain.
Sincerely yours, ^ ^ ^
United Edison Manufacturing Company,
CASH installations
DIVISION.
65 FIFTH AVENUE,
New York, . 23rd.,.May, . 18.90* .
ago at -the request -of Hr. ;E. ’Jp, iWeston oonBeming your sub script i on¬
to the Irorad’s "Fair. ''^Mr.’*.WeBt'Qn Vas in tliifi morning and re¬
turned your orlglnal’bhack and reque’sts that you endorse same to the
"Washing ton ^Memorial-aArchTFundi-" :You elll find a memo attached
to the cheKsk -fltoinh '-vriTl ''expTaih the hlatter more fully, also an
envelope ancloaed dn SwhfiBh “to T?etum the receipt and enclosed (heck
Mr. Weston ideslre's t'o thank y-ou iCor your kindness in this mat¬
ter, on behsilf "Of the iOomnittee, ^as well as himself.
3fours tTuly,
SUnited^ison Mfg.. Co... ^
Asst, to Oeneral Manager
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EATON & LEWIS
EUGENE H, LEWIS
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
Dear Sir:
I bes to acknowledge the receipt of your mem.
asking me to see how you stand with Messrs Drexel Morgan & Oo,, on
electric railways in Etxrope; also your mem. about new contract be¬
tween the Phonograph Works, ThferN.A.P.Oo. , and possibly Mr. Lippin-
•cott, relating to musical and other records.
I am afraid I shall not be able to take these
matters up before next Tuesday unless they are very pressing.
Please telephone me if they are, and I v/ill try
to put off other v/ork.
Awaiting your further favors, I remain,
Very truly yours.
BUILDING)
& LEWIS y
p.q, 1«qfl,
Thomas A« Edison, Esq.,
orange, N. J. o A-cVC /.
near Sir;
Re Rari'tan Mortgage. ^ y^-'t t
I beg to inform you that I have this day satisfied fiie
above mortgage by paying to the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
York, the sum of §3,108,', the same being $3,000, principal, $105,
interest and $3, for the satisfaction piece. I received from the
Mutual Life Insurance Co. the follov/ing papers:
^(1) Mortgage from Thomas A. Edison and v/ife to George
Goodyear, dated December 29, 1875.
(2) Bond from Thomas A. Edison to George Goodyear, dated
- (3) Assigranent from George Goodyear to the Mutual Life
i Co., dated August 31, 1876.
Agreement of Thomas
surance Co., dated August 31, 1876
, Edison y/ith Muttial Life In-
yhs) Abstract of Title.
(6) Satisfation Piece of above mortgage.
Policy of insurance in German America!
Company No, 269,244, for $3,000,
I have sont ttie satisfaction piece to the County Clerk of
Middlesex County for record, and vdll .send all of the ebove men¬
tioned papers to you, as soon as I receive it back from the County
Clerk.
Very truly
[PHOTOCOPY]
^ . /f
New York City, June eth, 1890.
Dear Mr. Edison:
As to unfinished matters, I beg to say:
Re Electric Railway Inventions Abroad. I
have only this day received the set Ofoontraots from Mr.
Coster through Mr. Insull. They will doubtless tell me
all I wish to know, and I shall be able to report to you
in a few days.
Re Gouraud Pooling Arrangement for E.U.p.Co.
Stock. I assume that you have heard nothing from Gou¬
raud since your cable to him about his delay in arranging
with Mr. De Ruyter, the sticoessor of Mr. Lord. That
whole matter is waiting on account of Gouraud's delay.
Meantime his Certificate of Stock i's in Mr. Lord's safe,
under an understanding between Lord and me. I have no*
doubt the stock is safely tied up for the present, so
that not one share can be sold. But I would like to com¬
plete the pooling arrangement. Can't you hurry up Gou¬
raud?
V/elch v Edison. I have not yet been to Boston,
because General Butler is still away. The case cannot
be settled in. his absence. I am in constant comnunioa-
tion with Mr. Hale at Boston about seeing Butler, and
shall go on as soon as Hale nails Butler for an inter¬
view. The case will probably not be tried until Octo¬
ber.
Re Consolidation of Shops with the General Co.
I find that the various shops have altogether about 250
contracts, of various kinds, all of vfhich must be examin¬
ed to see if new contracts must be drawn in view of the
consolidation. I think wo shall have to draw about 50
new contract!!. This turns out to be a big job and takes
a great deal of my time just now.
Re Patent Arbitration. I expect to get today
a copy of the letter setting forth the result of your
conference with Mr. Insull Wednesday evening, relating
to the subject of granting licenses &c. . Mr. Beaman
called on me today. He will serve if we wish him to,
and he says that Mr. Russell of Boston, whom Thomson-
Houston people choose, is most desirable. This whole
matter is waiting for your letter to get before Mr.
Villard and for him to decide whether I shall again
bring it before the Patent Litigation Conmittee.
Re New Contract for Musical Records. I have
nearly completed the examination of all the old con¬
tracts and am making some progress in this matter, not¬
withstanding the great amount of time consumed in the
above mentioned consolidation work.
Re Arr-angernent with Mr, Wise to be Associate
Counsel Tor the General Co. The Thomson-Houston Co.
are not quite satisfied with the way Wise has been hand¬
ling the fight with the Telephone Companies about using
the earth for a return circuit. They pay one-half of
some of his expenses, and he and they work in harmony in
these oases. They tell me that Wise is a good fellow,
plays poker well, tells a good story and makes a capital
off hand address. But they say he lacks the dignity and
ability to malte a strong argument before a Judge on a
pure law question and on the other questions presented in
the said Telephone oases. Moreover, they say that the
best results have been obtained where purely local coun¬
sel have been employed, without importing a lawyer from
Boston or Hew York. In view of all this, I have my
doubts whether the General Company ought to pay Wise
$8,000 a year and pay all his expenses besides , making
a total of over $10,000 a year. I begin to think that
I would get the same service which Wise would render for
a very much leas sum. But perhaps my Judgment is clouded
by my self-interest. Por it is certainly against my wel¬
fare for Wise to have a new contract.
Re Hffitsurr Mortgage. The money has at last
gone to Port Huron to pay for the assignment of this
mortgage, and as solan as the doctunents can be recorded
in the County Clerk's office out there, I shall send you
the assignment. The cheque which we sent was dravm to
tlK order of Dr. Hartsuff, but I imagine that Mr. Whipple
will endorse it in Dr. Hartsuff s name and get the money.
Re Mountain Lands near Ashville. I have join¬
ed a sort of moimtain club and land speculation on one
of those big North Carolina Mountains. Dyer, Stieringei’
Jenks &o are in it, and I want in through Jenks. A care¬
ful examination of the whole property is now being made.
I have invested $1,000, and all hands would like to have
you and Insull join. Wlien we get the reports which are
now being made, I shall bother you a little about it.
Re Contract with Ore Milling Co for Six Countias
I have written to Mr. Perry, asking him to call a meeting ’
of the Board of the Ore Milling Company, of which he is
Secretary, to approve this last contract with you.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Hew York dity, June 10th., 1890,
Dear Mr. Edison:-
The latest news is this:-
(1) Mr. Insull gave me yesterday your pencil
mem, on the arbitration agreement, I read to Mr; Villard
this morning' that part of it relating to granting lioensqg
to the T-H. Co. He stated that the best way would be
for that Company to give up incandescent lighting,’ I
asked him to make an appointment for Mr, Insull and me to
see him about it, and he said he v^ould.
(2) The question of how far your electric
railvmy inventions are tied up by Brexel, Morgan & Co, agre«»
, ments, I am working on at home nights and early in the
morning. It is somewhat difficult, and takes time,
I hope to have my report ready in a day or tvra,
(3) The question which Mr. Tate submitted
Saturday about the Toy Company at Boston, touching rights
to manufacture abroad, I have turned over to Mr, Lewis,
and he will confer with Mr, Tate about tt this affcernoion,'
Mr, Lewis will show mie- his conclusions, and we shall then
send yoii a letter about it, in a day or two,'
(4) As to the contract with you for future
inventions and labotatory, copies of the agreement as now
drav/r^re to be sent to all of the Directors, and the matter
will 'probably be acted on at the meeting-to be held next
Thursday,'
(5) I shall send you' by next mail a copy of
my letter to Mr, Insull setting forth how I think the
various Shops can be consolidated Vfith the General Com¬
pany in the simplest way. The General Co, Board de-
dided to accept my recommendations in that regard and
ordered than carried out.
(6) Mr. Villard reqixested me to attend the
Board meeting of the General Company to-day. Otherwise
I should have gone to Orange to hear you testify in the
Filament case.
(7) Mr, Villard wanted to know what my views
were regarding Mr, Vfise, and I gave to him and to Ivh'.
y/ise to-day, a man, , of v/hi oh I enclose a copy to you, I
do not think that Mr. Wise ought to be paid or guaranteed
any more than I am.
(8) I have not yet taken up the new contract
' for the manufactiire of duplicate cylinders for vocal and
musical purposes. I do not believe that 1 can take that
tip before next wedc. The trouble is that the consoli¬
dation of all these Companies, takes a great deal of
time just noiv, and it really seems more pressing than
anything else. I begin.-, 'work now at from 5 to 6 in
the morning and do not stop until bedtime. But my big
ru<h will be over in a week or two, and I shall then keep
abreast of my work as usual.'
(8) I asked Mi. Lewis to tell Mr. Insull
that I TOuld like to take a $1,000. interest in that pool
to buy Metropolitan Phonograph stock.
Please exouse printed signature.
Very truly yours,
S. B. Eaton per C,'
[ENCLOSURE]
(I) Eaton & Lewis t o move theii’ office to the new
Edison Building, and to pay rent there like any other
tenant for whatever space they occupy.
(2) The present contract with Mr. Eaton as aenaral
Counsel, to continue, but the Company to have the ri^t
to teminate it at any time on three months notice. Mr
Eaton to work as now at the rate of §40 a day.
(3) The present contract ending September I, 1891,
betvfeen Mr, Wise and the Sprague Company to be cancelled.
Mr, Wise to open an office of his own in the new Edison
Building or elsev/here, as he chooses, and to take other
business not in conflict vfith the General Co'.
(4) Mr. Wise to serve this Company, at same rate as
Mr. Eaton, §40 per diem, with §10 a day extra when away
from home, besides Railvray fares, and the Company to
guarantee that his employment shall amoiont to at least
at the rate of §6,000 a year from now until September I,
1891'.
(5) The above places Mr, Eaton and Mr, Wise upon the
same basis as regards compensation, I.e, a guaranteed em¬
ployment of §6?000 a year, but Mr. Eaton can be dismissed
at any time on three months notice, whereas Mr, Wise has
a fim contract for fifteen months. Let the Company de¬
cide hereafter what arrangement, if any, shall be made
v/ith Mr. Wise after September I, 1891'.
EATON a. LEWIS
EQUITABLE BUILDING)
Thomas A. Edison, Es(fsY^^‘
Dear Sir;
Touching your proposed contract with the General Co.
to give (three-fourths of yoLir time for five years, you may be in¬
terested to know, referring to your agreement of July 30, 1889,
with Mr. Lippinoott, whereby you seoiired the 6,100 shares of stock
in The N.A.p.Co., and wherein you promised that the total time
given to phonograph inventions, should aggregate one-half your
entire time, that the said promise referred to the two years be¬
tween August I, 1888, and August I, 1890. T^us your proposed
agreement with the General Co. could safely be itiade without oonflia
ing with your said agreement of July 30, 1889 with Mr. Lippinoott
You may be also interested to know that in yoxir
agreement of March II, 1890, with the E.U.P.Co. you did not promise
to give any fixed portion of your time to inventions. What you did
agree to do was to give a reasonable amoLint of time, reference
being had to your other pursuits.
Your agreement vfith the Toy Company, of Boston,
is only for such inventions as you may make for five years, bo
promise being given toLiching time to be devoted to Inventions.
Very truly yours.
P.S, I should add that my object in writing the above letter is
merely to free your mind from any doubt as to whether you are tied
up under the aforesaid old contracts.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
I bog to say:
METER SUIT. Will you Itindly hurry up
the comp lot ion of tho meter you are ovi making, as v/o
are waiting for it .
PILAMEMT SUIT. The Superior Court of the Dis¬
trict of Colotbbia has refused to grant the Mandatmis asked
for by. the Wostinghouse people to compel the Commission¬
er of patents to exhibit your subdivided application.
T,,is is a victory for us. Thus we have been victorious
in all four of their dilatory motions. Mr. Sev/ard
argued this alone. We wanted Judge Davis to arg’e it,
but after examining the papers he declined on tho ground
that we were certain to bo beaten.
RE ELECTRIC R/ilLWAY INl'ENTIONS ABROAD. We
have discovered a lot of your old contracts in the safe
at the Dey Street office, and I now hope to make some
progress in reporting to you.
LOV/REY'S PER CENT AGE. I have just received
from Mr. Lowrey a copy of his lost letter, and enclose
it horev/ith. It is v/orse for you than I had supposed.
YTELCH CASE'. Levfis v^ent to Boston yesterday'.
All hands, including Butler, vrent before the Court to
have the question decided v/hether we sho\Tld be entitled
to ask the other side some further questions. The Ooiirt
allowed us to do so. Lewis went with Hale to Butler's
office then to discuss settlement . The upshot of it
v/as that no settlement can possibly be made for less
than $30,000'. Butler said he vrould not for one moment
think of settling for anything less than that. The case
will probably be tried the last of next October.
■Very truly yours,
[ENCLOSURE]
COPY.
March 25th, 1880.
<My dear PIdison:
I am going to tho Hot Springs to-morrow and porhapsi
shall not soo you again before my return.
To guard against the consequences of either your
death or mine, leaving our various arrangements as they
are now, only understood between ourselves, I now state
tb.om and ask you to rep'y to tliis letter approving if
you find them correct.
First, in respect to Engalnd:
Although tho last time we spoke on this s bj ect you
said that yoia understood and intended that I should have
one-third interest in your remaining interests under tho
Hrexel, Morgan & Co., arrangements, I am disposed to de¬
cline that, because all the service which I could rondei'’
you was rendered -oforo you made this suggestion. I
therefore, with thanJ-.s for tho generosity of the offer,
will not accept it, leaving you, t'loroforo, so much
richer and looking for my share alone to D.M. Cz Co.
Second, as to Cuba:-
I have arranged on your behalf with Mr Navarro that
hois to pay all expenses of taJ'.ing out tho patatts and
introducing tho light into tho Island of Cuba in consider
ation of one-half the not procedds; ho to liavo full con¬
trol of the disposition of the patents. Of the other
half, going to you, you are first to deduct fifteen per
cent., and then of the romaiining portion , to wit,
thirty five per cent, of tho whole, you are to give to
me one-third.
T,.ird, as to India:
I have arranged with J.iessrs Pabbri & Ohauncoy in
tho same manner; they to receive thirty five per cent,
as their compensation, $ou to have sixty -five. Of this
sixty-five per cent, fifteen is to be first deiuctod by
you and then you a e to give mo one-third of tho remain
ing portion, to wit, of fifty per cent, of the whole/
Fourth, as to Portugal, Nov/ Zealand, New South Wales
Queensland, and Victoria: -
I have made tho saine ari’angomonts as to the above as
were made with India and am to have tho same sliare of yon
interest .
In all t;'.oso cases, as I have informed you, I also
make the other parties give mo a percentage of tlioir not
profit .
If this is correct, please aokno\vledge the receipt
of this letter and say so. All the interests referred
to above as being for me, are for tho aoccf-int of Porter,
Lowrey, Soron Sz Stone- I vdll have s’-iitablo letters ex¬
changed between you and each of those parties express¬
ing in a general way tho riglit and obligation of each.
Please also refer to and ratify the letter to Messrs
D.M. Sz Co., F.& C., and Mr. Navarro, dated fhe 25th, cop¬
ies of which are enclosed.
Yours truly,
G. P. Lowrey .
To T. A. Edison, Esq.,
HOW
SAMUEL IN5ULL.
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Thomas A. Edison Esq, ,
Orange, Mew Jersey.
Dear, Sir: -
I beg to hand you the following documents which I
Isiave received from S.B. Eaton:
. ' Mortgage from T. A. Edison & V/ife to Geo .Goodyear .dated Decem-
ber 29th, 1875.
Bond from T. A. Edison to Geo. Goodyear, dated December 29th, 1875
Assignment from Geo. Goodyear to the Mutual life Insurance Co.
of New York, dated August 3 1st, 187 6
Agreement , T .A .Edison with. the Mutual life Insurance Co. of
New York, dated August 31st, 1876
. Satisfaction Piece executed by the Mutual life Insurance Co
/ of New York, dated May 30th, 1890.
^Abstract of Title.
/ Insurance Policy No. 269,244 in the German American Insurance
Company of New York, which has been again nade payable to you.
Kindly acknovaedge receipt of the above and oblige
Yours truly,
72.
Edis©n Laboratory.
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XOTli-Thls coaHrmatloii ahoulil be ehecketl with the original message Immediately on receipt. It will
he assumed to he correct unless advised to the eontrary by telephone.
Ifame of Person Receiving.
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From whom reccivetl: Mr.Insull.
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To whom sent : Mr .Tate , Orange , N. J .
I Linderstand that Lathrop Vfas at the Laboi-atory on Monday, for the
purpose of getting some information for use in a hook he is about
to write. He savf Mr .Edison on the subject. Can you tall me
what books he intends writing?
TH^vEflSON MACHINE WORKS.
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CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
it Person Sonaing.
. Randolph,
Xaine of Person Receiving.
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Prom whom received:
To whom sent;
A, 0. Tate, Esq, ,
. Samuel Insull.Esq.
Lathrop/s proposition had no reference to Mr. Edison's
life. He wanted ideas of the possibilities of the future for a
story something after the style of B/aiiamy's "lookine Backward."
SAMUEL INSULL.
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lu & IS EROAD STREET.
Referring to your loan of $750.00 to HVC .I’.Reimer ,
I enclose you herev/ith his demand Note , endorsed by his Wife for
this amount, dated July 9th.
Yours truly.
Enc . 6 .
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
4-1 WALL STREET,
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16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
A. 0. Tat e,T3aq., Private Secretary,
Edison Laborat ory ,Oranee,N.O'.
Dear Sir}-
1 enclose you herewith a letter I ha/e raseived
at my office today .addressed to T. A. Edison.Bsq. ,ft-om William Henry
Trescottjand also a latter addressed to Mr.Trescott by Mr. Patrick
Egan of Santiago.
Yours truly,
EDISON MACHINE WORKS.,v^t;-
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To whom .sent;
Sainuel Insull, Esq.,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Please give the following’ message to Mr. Edison as soon as
he is up. You had better send it up to his houses
Eire broke out in the Western Union building, 195 Broadway
at 7:20 this morning. It is supposed to have started in the Batteiy
room. I have just got into town and learn that the. operating room
and everything above that is absolutely gone. There are rumors
that a large number of lives were lost, but 1 think these are only
.rumors. Other people say that all the operators managed to get, out.
Of course, this paralyzes telegraph business, and to what extent
you know better than I do. If there is any information you want,, ,
let me know, as I am going out on the 12:40 train with Vr. T.ippincott
to see you before the Concentrating meeting is held.
Please also tell J'r, Randolph that Mr, Butler wishes him
.to send in those two notes by boy, iHKdaxx this morning.
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On the eve of departure, I beg to report as. fol¬
lows!
(1) Re Industrial V/orks. The agreement hetvfeen you arri
the Works has been approved by you and Mr. Insull, and is reaiy
for execution. The tvo Exhibits can be added hereafter, namely,
one setting forth a general descriptfcion of the properlj' at Silver
Ldce, which you tLorn over to the Works, one containing a list of
all your existing contracts, subject to vfhich this agreement
v/ith the Works is made. Mr. Simpson will examine every contract
C at Orange in my absence, and collect data for me to prepare this
last Exhibit on my return, I hasre prepared fill minutes for the
organization, in blank, also By-Laws. You can go ^ead and organ-
izg and isdne stock whenever you wish. I have notified Mr«Insull
that Hr. Simpson, of my office, ia s all thepapers,
(2) Re Laboratory agreement with the General Company,
I have finished this to my satis faction, except .the Tenth section.
That relates to the tight of the General Co* to capitalize your
one-fifth. I have entirely re-v.-ritten that section since otir in¬
terview yesterday, Kit am not satisfied with it. I sliall ask Mr,
Lewis to confer with Mr. Insull about it. Mr. Levfis can make any
alight changes in that sectioh which may be necessary. Then the
agreement can be executed v/ithout delay. Messrs. Upton and Howell
can' make their tests of lamps at their leisure, and I shall pre¬
pare the Exhibit to the contract touching those tests, on my re-
tmrn,
(3) Re contract for duplicate phonograph cylinders.
This relates to the duplicates of musical records . There seems
to be some hitch with Mr. Lippincott, He has not furnished me
with the information; I require in order to draw this conttfact,
although I have asked him ibr it repeatedly. Consequently this
matter will lave to lie over until my return. It is hardly my
fault that this job has not been finished before,
(4) Re bill of Eaton & Lewis against the E.U.P, Co*
I have asked Mr. Insull to kindly expedite your action on this
bill. The Companywas red hot for our services and kept us work¬
ing day and night, but they are ice cold about paying our bill.
Although I feel that the bill is all right, nevertheless I leave
thfi whole thing to yonr good judgment, and shall willingly bow to
jour decision.
(5) Re Electric Railvmy agreement with the N.A. Go,
I learn that Mr. Marcus has sent this agreement to Mr. Villard.
Probably it will not get back here much before I return.
(6) Re Lamp Inventions. You asked me to pr^are a doc¬
ument to release you from your obligation to turn over your lanp .
inventions to the Lamp Co,, for 17 years. I cannot find any agree¬
ment v/hioh contains any obligation of this sort. Mr. Simpson will
see IJr, Insull, and upon getting hold of the proper agreements be¬
tween you and the Lanp Con^jany, a release will be prepared in my
offiha without waiting for my return,
(7) Re Electric Railway patents and D. M. & Co. My
v/ork on this is practically completed, and you have my report,
Mr, Insull states that it is not advisable for him to open negotia¬
tions with D. M, & Co, at present,: Meantime my pairt of the work
must remain as it is,
(8) Re Pooling contract with Gouraud fbr E,U,P.Co, stock.
-Gol. Gouraud is having much trouble about this, Mr. Lord de¬
clines to serve as Gouraud' s director. The latter then select¬
ed Mr. De Ruyter, but he declined to serve. A Mr. Horton was then
selected, but he now deblines. Matters are now v/aitins for TIol. Cr
to select someone, vrtio will stick. Meantime no harm can come,
because Mr. lord holds all of G's. stock, and I hold all of
yours, and Lord and I have ah agreement with each other.
(9) Re opinion on your electric railway inventions
on the Continent of Europe. I cannot find all the contracts neede*^
to give you this opinibn with certainty. TJ/hen Mr. Simpson goes '
<^-through your dafe in a few days, , he may find certain missing con¬
tracts. If not, he will go through the old safe at Dey Street
and may possibly find there v/hat we now need.
(10) Re Yfeiver of royalties to next September in behalf
of the Boston Toy Co. We waived our royalties for six months.
They now want you to waive them for six months more, to Sept. 1st,,
1890. It is a question of fact whether you and Mr. Lippincott want
to do this. If you do, please have word sent to Mr. Sinipson
of my office and everything is ready for closing matter inmediate-
ly.
I believe that the above covers all unfinished matters
of yours nov/ in my hands.
Very truly jodrs,
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Edison Laboratory,
Orange,N.J.
Dear Sir;-
I enclose you a letter from W.H. Jones and another
from J.W. Lane, addressed to Mr. Edison.
I enclose you clipping from yesterdays New York Times,
Can you please post me as to the fact of the case v/ith relat¬
ion to the Berlin matter. Is it somebody that is sending the^ ^
papers for spite, or is the statement made in the telegram a cor¬
rect one.
The thing looks to me rather shaky, and as if somebody in
Berlin is rather frightful against Mr. Edison.
Yours very ttnily.
Enc . 1,2,3,
SAMUEL INSULL.
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I arranged with Drexel Morgan yesterday to cancel the $75,000 call
loan, in accordance with'the letter which 1 wrote you the day be¬
fore yesterday. Mr. Edison should have n-eceived from Drexel Mor¬
gan & Co. this morning advices that the loan is cancelled and re¬
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j Dear Edison;-
► of the Commsrolal Cable Co. is anxious to
see you with relation to some experiments of his in connection with
Atlantic cables. He has been in to see me once or twice, and asked
me to arrange an interview.
Have you any objection to my taking him out to the la¬
boratory some afternoon?
JVeit) rorA!,....Se.pt.emb.er.....a.Q.th.,....i550
Thos. A. Edison Esq.,
I have your favor of the 29th, with relation to
the loan to me of 200 shares of capital stock in the Edison General
Electric Company, which I have withdravm from my safe, and T;hioh I
had originally held for your account.
. I had intended that the 200 shares of the capital stock
of the Nev/ Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works with trans¬
fer attached, should have been sent out and deposited in your safe
as security for the loan of the 200 shares of Edison General Elec¬
tric Company's stock. By some blunder this was not done.
I novf beg to enclose you hei’ev/ith the 200 shares of the
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concei
iting V/orks with transfer at¬
tached above referred to, which please hold as security for the re¬
turn of the 200 shares of the Edison General Electric Company's
Enc. bl
The follovfing has just been telephoned from Mr, Install’s office:
Catele Insult Edison's motor child. Ask him whether willing
to appear at the Erankford Electric Exhibition, Suggest not
general exhibit, but special object like new motor. Cable
Mr, Edison's opinion.
The above is a copy of a cable received by Mr. Spofford from
Mr, Villard. V/ill Mr. Edison let me know what reply to make in
his name.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
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Eebn;ary IS, 1890 and tb^« ^ havebeen paid u
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& LEWIS
H. LEWIS
Thomas A. HcUson, Esq',,
Dear Sir:
I hen to aoknovrledge the roeipt from you this day
of your three oheoques as follows:' §500 drawn to the order of
Robert 0. Ini-iersoll; §500 drawn to the order of Hale & Piske; and
§1,000 dravm to theorder of Eaton & lewis, for which please accept
thanks.
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Edison General Electric Company.
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Are you cominn into the City today in order to go out to Ogdens-
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We shall be verymuch disappointed if you do not go v/ith us. If
you v/ill come in in time for dinner I shall be very glad to enter¬
tain you at dinner and blov/ you off to the theatre.
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Mr Edison v/ill be in on the 5.53 train on D.L.&.W.R.R.
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Paper read before the “ADVISORY BOARD” of the NATIONAL BREWERS’ ASSOCIATION, in New York City,
) Deo. 3d, 1889, by Mr. THEODOR C. ENGEL, Pres’t of^the Bergnpr & Engel Brewing Co., Philadelphia.
Mr. Chairrrian. — I have been asKed by soirie of our friends to give a short syn¬
opsis of the Hanford-Stanford Co’s. Apparatus for atornteing liquids, as erected in
our Brewery in August last. It is needless to say that the Apparatus to Which .
1 refer is one of the latest additions in the rnechanical line to the reqUirernents
of Brewing. It consists of a line of Copper Pipes, suspended about seven feet a-
bov'e the Surface-Cooler and provided with a nurnber of outlets, to which are at¬
tached the atoniizers. The Atornizer is a Brass-Casting, with a straightway Yaive
opening of :} of an inch in dlarneter. The Valve proper is of conical shape and
is held In place by a weighted lever. The atoiriizers are spaced a distance apart
sufficient to prevent the particles of Beer, which are discharged frorn thern, to
Interrnix before striking the Surface-Cooler. The working of the Apparatus is as
follows
The suspended copper pipe alluded to is connected with the discharge pipe
frorn the Beer-Purnp, and the weighted levers of the atoinizers are adjusted so
that a pressure of about six pounds is required to force the conical valves off
their seats .and allow the hoJ liquid to esqape. Now, it is just the force neces¬
sary to do this, which has the effect of scattering the Beer and nqinutely atorniz-
ing it. It falls froin the atornizers in a divided state, like a fine rain, and in do¬
ing this loses frorn 70 to 100 units of heat— depending upon atrnospheric condi¬
tions; as for instance: a bright day, with a dry and breezy atrnosphere, gives
better results than a dull and darnp day. This is evident, as the heat is absorbed
faster in the first than in the latter case. The peculiar shape of the valves of
the atoinizers prevents particles of hops or other substances frorn interfering with
the successful working of it; and, again, Without the application of resistance-
required to overcoine the energy of the loaded levers which hold the valves in
place, the hot liquid would not be broken Up into the rninute spray, which is
necessary to obtain the advantages frorn a chernical point of view. We have
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iTiade several tests during the rgonth of August and again in the rnonth of No-
vernber, and the results obtained are as follows
a ^^Qwkanisal ^oini of
In the old Way, without the Use of the atornizers, the tinne required to
purnp Up and cool off over the BaUdelot-Cooler the brewing of 280 Bbls. of beer
required 41 hours;~the beer being allowed to rerqain on the Surface-Cooler Until
the last of it was purnped Up, when it was started to the BaUdelot. The corq-
parative tests between the old and the new Way were nnade Under siiqilar
atrnospheric conditions. In either case the terqperature of the liquids at the
end of the PUrnp-Discharge-Plpe was 198 degrees, and with the atornizers the
liquid was not allowed to accurqulate on the Surface-Cooler, but was irnrnedi-
ately sent to the BaUdelot,— reaching the BaUdelot with a teinperature of 112
degrees, and requiring for th^ cornp\etion .of .the. purnping iUnd cooling • ofione
brewing, two hours. In the old Way th'e teinperdture of the liquid on the BaUde¬
lot averaged 156 degrees;— a difference of 44 degrees in favor of the Atornizers
iri ^ternperature and 60 per cent, in saving of tirne. The cornparative tests rnade
"■ in Novernber, with bright, clear weather, show a still greater result in favor of
the atornizers. The ternperature being reduced frorq 196 to 94 degrees. It is
needless to dwell on the large saving occasioned by this reduction of the terq-
perature iq the cooling effect required at the BaUdelot,-either iq water, or
refrigerating rqatter, or both. Large ' as are its rqechaqical advantages, the
cherqical are still rqore irqportant. It is well Known to Brewers that a HOT
aeration of a wort causes a large percentage of alburqinoUs substances to forrq
and settle-the elirqination of these bodies very greatly irqprove the Keeping quality
of the beer aqd ale. A cold aeration in nowise does this. It will, to be sure, start
up a sluggish ferrqentation by supplying oxygen to the yeast, but a COLD aer¬
ation will never serve to CLARIFY the beer, or rerqove alburqinolds. Many
Brewers claiiq that the BaUdelot gives all the aeration necessary. A little re¬
flection Will convince the Unprejudiced rnind that this is erroneous. The hot
Wort runs- on to' the: BaUdelot iq thiri'strearqs, itlrniqedidte'ly strlKes-'a ’cold pipe
and running rapidly down in sheets and drops-receives not a hot but a cold
aeration. The Hanford-Stanford process, oq the' contrary, affords a perfect ' HOT
aeration and the sarqe has been practically derqonstrated.
The irqiqediate effect of a highly aerated wort Upon yeast is, to cause that
plant to bud and grow vigorously; throwing off new fresh cells; Which continues
■ -as long as free oxygen reiqains iq the wort. ' Experience shows that this free
oxygen- disappears with great rapidity and a large quantity of yeast is forrqed.
Which is of the iqost vigorous nature. After the free oxygen is exhausted' the
yeast attacKs the oxygen in corqbination with sugar, aqd, as is well Known
the deconqposition of this produces alcohol aqd erqits carbonic acid gas. Expe-
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rience proves that the use of this process insures a very satisfactory ferrnentation
and u yeast entirely free frorn the gerins of disease-ferrnents.
Oxygen, cornbined With Wort, seerns to rnodify the structure of Various re¬
sinous and nitrogenous sUbstances-caUsing thern to forrn into rninxtte spheres,
and to sink; carrying with thern other particles; thus forrning a sort of "natural
fining," During the ferrnentation of the wort, when the yeast is being transforrn-
ed into alcohol and carbonic acid gas, a part of the bitter and resinous rnatter of
the hop becornes insoluble. This rernains in suspension and in poorly oxygenated
worts, the particles being so fine, causes a clowdiness or "srnoKy" appearance
in the beer. On the other hand, a wort which has had a hot aeration the oxygen
in cornbination causes these particles to agglornerate and sink, as before stated;
THt^S ■REMOVING vTHE -GflUSE OF "MUD^INESS ifN BEER," and it ruhs off Very
brilliant. R rnicroscopical exarnination of 'the deposit left in the ferinenting tUn
will readily disclose this fact,- for rnixed in with yeast cells and irregular
shaped granular deposit-ininute balls of resinous and, consequently, "coloring
rnatter" are found, which are very dense. The elirnination of this -coloring niatter
causes the beer to becorne paler, as well as clearer. For bottling and export beers, V.
this process will be found to be very advantageous. •
Prof. Schwarz rnade rnicroscopical investigations of the yeast of the follow¬
ing dates; Septernber 25th and 28th, October 5th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 25th
and 30th, and Novernber 2nd and 6th, and says:— "Found the yeast cells in
sound and healthy condition; of uniforrn size; good and norrnal ferrnenting power,
in a very pure state and free frorn Bacteriae, We are highly pleased with the
results In every way and I have no hesitancy in saying that the Apparatus is, '
although a late addition, certainly a rnost irnportant one to the "Art of Brewing."
FROM THE JACOB RUPPERT BREWERY.
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FROM THE LONG ISLAND
last January and bcliuvc It is doing all you claunecl for it. There is no doubt a
heat out of the worts.
Yours trulj’,
FROM RUDOLF F. HAFFENREFFER, BOYLSTON
Drooki-vn, N. Y. April i4tli 1890.
LONG Island brewery^
J. W. Brown, Frost.
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Boston, Mass., August aStli., 1888.
placed in my brewery May i887 and
speak hielily In its favor, knowing by nearly 1 j months practical experience wltli tlie same in tlie Boylston
that is claimed by its Inventors, Mr. Clarence C. Hanford and Mr. Cliarles D. Stanford.
It effects a lar^e saving in ice and also in ice refrigerating macliincry, saving at least 4 of the lowest degrees on my
lee macliinc, wlncii is cquiv.aicnt to a great saving in consumption of coni and also on the wear and tear of tlie macnii.. ,,
saves in brewing time of from one liour and a half to two hours per day, and tlie improvement In fermentation is very marked.
Brewery that it (Toes all
tliereforc speak unreservedly in favor of the process.
hours per day, ai
Faithfully Yours,
RU^DOLF F. HAFFENREFFER.
FROM THE BEl^GNER ENGEL BREWING COMPANY
PltlLAUELPIlIA, SF-I'T. 25, l880.
The Hanford-Stanford Co., Globe Building, Doston, Mass.
Gentlemen;— Your atomising apparatus which lias been thoroughly tested and adopted by us, gives perfect satisfac.
tion. We arc putting 280 barrels of beer from the Hop-Jack into tlie cellar, over the Baiidelot cooler in 2 1-4 hours, a saving in
time of 50 per cent, over tlie old roctliod, with a proportionate saving in fuel and wear and tear on the refrigerating plant. We find
an improvement in.the yeiist and fermentation. Your apparatus is a success and we cheerfully recommend tlie same to the trade.
(signed) THE BERG'nER & ENGEL BWG. Co.
by Theodor C. Engel, Pres.
FROM THE NIAGARA FALLS BREWING COMPANY.'
Niaoaea Falls, June ayili, i88().
Mity aytli 1889 and it has performed very satisfac-
Mr. C. D. Stanford, Gtohe Buitding, Boston, Mass.
Dear Sie:— We iijive used the Hanford-Stanford^ ^roc
toriiy all that you claimed for it, indeed am more tlian pleased witli tlie mechanism and the lienefits of tlie Hanford-Stanford ,...
cess. It instantaneously cools my wort down to 102 clegrecs Far. and causes a large saving of coal, as tlie brine is not so much
healed as before, and I can readily see that when I make double brewings daily I shall be abfe, by your process to save at least 3
tons of coal daily. I also already note a great improvement in my fermentation, the full liot .xration serving to promote a most per¬
fect result in the fermenting room and I feel sure there will be sliown a great improvement in tlie yeast. I Teel confident tliat every
progressive brewer who gives your process a trial will .adopt it. I wouid not be witliout lire process in my brewery.
(signed) LOUIS F. MAYLE, Prest., The Niagara Fails Brewing Co.
FROM THE. SAME.
Niagara Falls, Oct. nth, 1889.
Afr. C. D. Slanford, Cent. Manager, The Hanford-Stanford Co., Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir: — Six montlis having now elapsed since your Company placed your process in our brewery, I take this op-,
portunity, and witli plcn.sure state tliat your claims in regard to the improved fermenfation and quality of yeast are fully borne out
by pr-actical use. We have the finest fermentation we ever had and our yeast suits us perfectly.
(signed) LOUIS F. MAYLE, Prest., The Niagara F.alls BrewingCo.
FROM »THE FRANK JONES BREWING COMPANY.”
C-Sth, IS
7V/tf Hanford-Stanford Company^ Globe Buildings Boston^ Rfass,
Gentlemen: — I have used the Hanford-Stanford process!
cry at South Doston, and find that It saves 50 per cent, of the ice formerly us-_ _ _ _ _ e, . .
time. It also has a very marked effect upon the fermentation and in the easy clarification of the ale. “Present us.
this process fines up as clear in the glass as lager beer, it also lightens its color and as for the yeast that comes from the process it
is very superior in ouality and produces the most satisfactory fermentation that I ever h.id, having used It during the worst season
of the year has enabled me to prove this fact to my satisfaction.
I was prevailed upon by you for a long time to use your process before I would give my approval to do so although I knew that
the above benefits to ale were claimed by the Inventors, I felt very sceptical that these claims would be borne out practically, but
after a long and rigid trial I now gladly add my testimonial and most willingly recommend the process to brewers, it is a genuine
improvement and will receive the approval of all progressive brewers, after they have given It a trial that they will say that it has
become one of the fixtures in their brewery and has come to stay.
Respectfully yours, TRUE JONES, Supl., “ Bay State Brewery.”
The Frank Jones Brewing Co.
FROM THE SUFFOLK BREWING COMPANY.
beer since November 18S8 and find that it will ri
the quantity of Ice-water required one-half.
Respectfully )•'
lie temperature of beer from 200 degrees to too degrees thereby reducing
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and James H. Banker, of the second part; and a copy of what ear¬
lier agreements you made with Puskas and Bailey, or eitlier of
them, relating to Belgium, Australia, Prance, Denmark, Germany,
Russia, Italy and Spain, or either of those covwtries.
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Near Mr. E*^ison:
I ben to say:
RE M. A. P. Co. PHONO STOCK. T!ie prosent agreement
toudriinc the 6,100 shares of stock in the N.A.P.Co. expires Jan.
10,1891. I rofo’' to tJio anroement of April 1,1890 made botv/een
, you and Mr. Lippincott. The certificate for this stock is in
my possession, made out in yoiir narne, and not endorsed.
RR LIPPINCOTT NOTE. T!-ie Lippincott note for
s?68,575 endorsed by the N.A.P.Co. matures Jan. 10, 1891. The
note is in my possession. T*^is note is secured by 11,860 shares
of stock in the E.P.Co., which you can sell at cither pviblic or pri
vate sale if the said note is not paid on Jan. 10, 1891. The
stock certificates for those 11,850 shares are in my possession.
RE EILAI-IENT CASE. All the lawyers attended
-at the call of the- Calendar today, and this case was put over to
av/ait tlie decision of .Tudeo Lacombe on tlie motion to compel us to
produce yoau’ later application. This motion was submitted on
printed briefs last Priday and as Lacombe is usually prompt it
v/ill probably be decided in a fov/ days. We are approaching the
end in this case.
RE PEEDER CASE. Sir V/illiara Thompson is to be
cross examined orally by a lav^yer to be sent from here in behalf
of the defense. A member of Mr.- Betts firm v/ill go over in order
to look after the oral examination on our side.
WELCH V EDISON. I was in Boston last Pi’iday,
and saw Mr. Hale. Owing to the absence of General Butler our
motion for further information as to tlie amount of money advanced
to you, and our motion for the appointment of an Auditor have not
yet been heard. Hale thinks that the plaintiff v/ould settle
for §12,500, but that is over $2,000<more than wo are willing to
give. The retainer of §500 which you sent me to give to Colonel
Ingersoll I still hold. There is no use in giving him the cheque
until we are certain that we need his services.
RE DUPLICATE CYLINDERS AND NICKEL SLOT PHONO-^
GRAPH MACMIBES. My long opinion to you on this matter is still
before Mr. Bush and associates. He is out of the 9ity jUbt at pre¬
sent but I expect an answer in a few days. I realize the fact th.t
ray opinion oovorod a great deal of ran tier, and that ’’r. Rush and
associates vfill require sometime to think it over.
RE PATENT EXPENSES. Tho entii-e amount expended
by the Ligltf, Oo. in all litigation and patent applications for 15
months ending Nov. 30 is about §135,000. Some of this was extra j*-
ordinary expenses connected with the Oanadian Pilaincnt fight in
tie Government Bureaii there, also connected witli the Pohl Case in
the United Gtatj s 'upeme Court. Hie expenses properly charge¬
able to Patent Lj-tigation and Patent Office matters have averaged
about §6,000 a raonth. I enclose a detailed statement of every
item, v/hioh kindly return without fail. Lav/yers foes and cash
disbursoinents are not separated. the case of ray ov/n firm the
cash disbursements const! tiito a large percentage of the money
paid to us. Please rotiirn the enclosure by early mail.
RE "EDISON’S LATEST" I received frwn Mr. rate
the St. Paul newspaper containing the advertisement de Salin
and have v/ritten her. heretofore I have succeeded in stopping all
of those people and shall of c ourse do the sane in her case.
RE EATON & LEWIS BILL ACAINET E.U.P.CO. Mr.
Seligman lias tal;on no action as yoi on this bill though the soi’-
yices wore ’•endored a year ago. Nor has the Oorapa^iy , nor anybody
in tlioir behalf ever paid me the courtesy to aoknovflegge tlie bill
or of say ng anytliing about it vehatsoevor, That is hot ri^nt.
RE A'l’TORNEYS IN NEV/ PATENT SUITS. We must
soon select lav/yers to handle the nine patent suits coirmonced again
us in the Autumn by tho Thorason-Houston people. Dyer and Seely
would be good men to take the d efonse in the cut-out suits and othe
details relating to the incandescent system. The only trotible us
tVa t they already have fully as much work as they can attend to and
do it Well. As regards tlie suits against us on electric rail-
v/ay patents I am in doubt as to whom to recommend as lawyers for
our side. I am tliinking of George S. Roberts of Boston, of W.Vl,
Swan of Boston, also of Charles L. Buckingham of tliis City, also of
Witter and Kenyon of this City, also of V/.D, Baldwin of this City.
can also take Mr. Betts, though he is top big a man for any but
heavy cases. Nave you any sug® stions to make?
EDISON V GILLILAND"' /aro TOMLINSON. . Pursuant to
paur instructions we granted extensions for the answer *o be
filed in this case. Meantime Mr. Lippincbtt is getting worse.
Should he die, it would nearly kill our case. fe woivld like to
compel the defendants to file their answer and tlien v/e could im-
V
to got hio testimony on
reoo.d before anytl'.ing happens to him. But oiu’ hands are tied und"
your orders to grant continually extensions to tlfi defendants.
® all. question. Mine ohanoos
ou. ofmwe can recover Gilliland's. But if those delays go on
ZrZ T'Z IZ la ^0'^ ia
.iight to Pro i It and Loss. It grieves mo.
Very tKi ly yours,
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you kindly indiciito
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We desire to reptibli
statement under its
similar requests of
cans, and in many
(ireat Britain and I
UuBANA, (X, Di:c . r , 1890.
the CiTl/.KN which among the
! hajghsh language is your favorite?
poem you may select with a brief
it is your choice. We have made
2 hundred other prominent Ameri*
preferences have been stated. We
collection to poems by authors of America,
In aocordanoe with your instmctions we wrote to
Mrs. Dr. de San of St. Paul, Minn., the woman v/ho advertised a
certain "Mind Reading" machine and used your name in connection
therewith, directing her to discontinue doing so, or to take the
consequences .
We have received a letter from her under date of
the nth inst. in which she states that she will discontinue vising
your naiTB at once, and apologises for wliat she calls her "thought¬
less act".
The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York.
HtH."* Executive Office, i6~i8 Broad St.
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Dictated. December 18, 1890
Dear Mr. Edison:
It is v/ith sreat regret that
I have had nothing from your pen
this year. Do yon not think you
could dictate a few hundred v/orde
: to your stenographer for us ? A
subj eet that would have great in-
' tcrest, I think, to the public,
i would be the future prospects of
electricity; showing the great
developments that can be looked for.
Indeed, I should think that you
would be able to make a most interesting
paper, and one that would be of vast
importance to the community.
I have not forgotten your kind hos¬
pitality to Mr. and Mrs. Astor, my v/ife
and myself when we went down to visit
you last year. V/e still have the
dolls you so kindly gave us, and our
children appreciate our visit almost as
much as we do ourselves.
A word in reply will much oblige
Yours faithfully.
To Thomas Edison, Esq.
Edis0n Laboratory.
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Eiomas A, Ddison, Esq,
Dear Sir:
R® Welch case. Referring to Mr. Tate's letter
of the 22nd inst . , stating that you want this case delayed, I beg
to say that we shall do our best to carry out your wishes.
Re Edison Mining Properties. Mr Tate writes that
you wish me to tahe charge of the payments of all royalties and of
all taxes on your mining properties. The only properties belong¬
ing to you personally which I know about is the Nelson or Dunder-
berg traolt. If there are any others, please let me have the docu¬
ments, and I shall then take pains to carry out your instructions.
Re N.J.&P.C. Works.Mining Properties, Mr. Tate
also advises me that you wish me to look after the payment of roy¬
alties and taxes for all properties belongning to this Company. I
believe that the Treasurer of the Company, Mr. Perry, prefers to do
this himself, especially now that he has a tabulated statement
in columns prepared by me, a copy of which I sent you. However,
you are the boss, and I shall do as you say until you send me word
to the contrary.
Avfaiting your further advise, I remain,
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1890. Edison, T. A. - Articles (D-90-06)
This folder contains correspondence requesting Edison to write articles;
correspondence relating to articles about Edison or his inventions; and letters
from journalists seeking to interview Edison.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: requests from
journalists receiving no reply; routine correspondence relating to interview
arrangements; routine letters from clipping services.
I sjii mailiii(5 you an advance copy of the fix-at nximber of
"The Roviow of Reviews" a ne\! M..(-p.zine which has just been started
in London xmder the editorship of f.ir. W. T. Stead, who has Left
tlio "Pall Mall Cazetto" with the object of conduotinf; it. At tl-s
same tins I fos-v/ard yoxi a letter from Mr. Stead in -which 1 believe
ho invites yoxx to send him a letter with the object of re-prodxxo-
inc in the "obraary number of "The Review of Reviews", some auto-
Graph letters fj-om the nost prominent citizens of tlie great Eng¬
lish-speaking Republic.
Youbwill notice that the numba-- which 1 send you contain ■
fae simile axitoGi’s.ph letters from tlxe best known Englishiren of the
day. If you cax-c to fall in with Hr. Stead's suggestion, might I
ask you to send your lotta? to him by tlxe next mail which leavfs
on V/ednesday the 253d inst. It -would be a further kindness if you
-would at tho same time for-ward a postal cai-d to mo, notifying the
dispatch of your letter , as I should lilte to cable Mr. Stead, in-
foi’ining him of any letters that me.y be on the way; in order tlxs.t,
if necessaiy, he may delay going to press v/ith tlis Peb, number
until he receives them.
I may add that I have cone over to the United States
with the object of establislxing an agency for the sale of'The
Review of Roviev/s" hei-e. ; The first nxunbar I hope will be on
sale within the course of a day or two.
Yoxxrs truly.
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M ro Tate Tteb. 26, 1890
Have telephoned Hopkins and
confirm’d by letter. Have instiTioted Y/alter
Miller to express to Hopkins an old style phono-
gi-aph, in accordance with the vfish of the latt>Br
telephoned tlii s morning.
I enclose proofs of tv/o cuts shov/lnfj
ts of your phonograph, also of a double whistle for pro-
ing beats to be used in connection with a phonograph who
i as a chrohograph; also tracings of the phonograph ar-
!Od as a chronograph, and a brief' description of this
ingement. ivill you kindly examine the tracings and th
!f description', and advise nie.fby telegi^aph if possible,
irv/ise by nail) if you would approve ap article arrangei
The article is nearly; finished, and if I were not inv'
e .to get the matVer. -into the paper, r would wait a day\
o and send you ihe .proof . . I shall follow this with an
cle on"Tho Conductivity. of Gases. for Sound , "as- demen¬
ted by the phonWraph,ahd»Tte Velocity of Sound io en-'
3d tubes." After that I shall write an article on the
3n of Sound Waves on thin Piln.s".as shown by the phono-
[ENCLOSURE]
I begin the article by describing; briefly your mpt.or
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and governor, as these are vital in thia connection.
•proceed to describe the arrangement shown 'in, €he sketches. It
is, perhaps, hardly necessary^, as you wlll'^understand the
whole matter at a glance. However , I- will .say — The receiving
•funnel is suspended so as to allow the« arm ofVth.e phonograph :•
to move over the cylinder. In front ‘•e.f this funnel I ar-
'.range a pair of v/histles, tuned so as tp:. give be'ats.lO, 50.:,;';;,^;;
‘100 to the second. The bell A i s'.' jin^^^^^^rc u'i t^ of the
.‘biiitery B. One terminal of the bell runs^to' ih‘1' mercury
W' - ..
,^,up C under the pendulum D. The batt^ery^-is connected^ with
pendulum so that the circuit^is cl^s^Kfaficej/in a- second.
Pror^^tho mercury cu p the wire passes '(|nm<^th‘e circuit clos’er '
E’, '‘arrange'cl'''en th>' phonograph -itselfy^^^^^^^iose-jthe
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be indicated by, a double stroke of the bell. Perfect syn¬
chronism can be secured by renulating the phonographic
governor. "When this point is 'reached, the '.irhistles 'are
tuned so as to produce 10, or 50, or more beats per second,
as may be require.d, 4he adjustment' being secured by means
of the bell. The whistles must be supplied v/ith air under
const.ant pressure so as to produce uniform beats.
Personal equation may be determined by means of the key
arranged t'o^lpse the, circuit oh -the. bell. Other measure¬
ments may be made b^ nieans"Vf/the bell' or other equivalent
device detailed from the phonograph/ and connected with-rthe
apparatus by, vrhich the circuit is 'controlled'// ' As for exam-
sF>used
pi e ; with
bullet,
as thus arranged
the ‘'g‘r‘ati'ngsF>used inVtest-ing^thel velocity of a
‘ ‘i '■
I shal^l describe ;a numbfe^ o/feSusesA’of the appar
numbfeK oSSuses'Kof the apparatus
It is obvious that, f or. iverv'^’lifiah speeds, as in the case
01 ' ' ,
of a bullet, it will be necessary^ to,';'iKave‘ji.bffo different
magnets for makin^the r^eco,!^, one for, thA start and the
. # ; .
other for the stop^, so that if a beM. v^ere'used there would
be tv/o magnets, two armatures, and two bell hammers. To
prevent a prolonged sound of the bell, I damp it with a'
rubber band.
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It will be plain to, you that most, if not all of- the
measurements possible with the ordinary chronograph,' niay be
carried on in connection with the phono;»raph* The* record j
can be readily read' so as to interpret the measurement by j
turnin,*' the phonographic cylinder very slowly. In case of
very^hiijh velocities , it will of course be necessary to "run !
the phonograph as rapidly as possible, and to provide a pair 1
of whistles 'Of higher pitch , so that the sounds will be per- ■
ceptibl,e when the speed oT the phonograph cylinder is re- |
duc.ed’ 'for the purpose of reading the record. |
J. F. HOWELL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOB
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Electrical Engineer.
^ A fVetkfy Hcvinii o/ Theoretical ani Applied Electrieitp.
New York, 150 Broadway/
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J. PMIKER liE>\D COmEY, _
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JVew l^or/c,. June...:a.l..th..l89t0. _ 18 f)
i.-' Tt A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir ; -
Mr. Spofford particularly requested me to arrange a meet¬
ing between you and Mr. Kelly, the bearer of this note.
Mr. Kelly is one of the most competent newspaper men in
the country and wants to interview you, I understand, on some sub¬
ject or another.
I do this with the concurrence of Mr. Insull, who vms
also requested by Mr. Spofford to obtain this interview.
Mr. Kelly is ]aiown to me personally, is connected with
the "Examiner" of San Francisco, and is well knovm as a man of
wonderful energy, having undertaken many difficult and daring jobs
for his employers, among which you may remember the saving of a
fisher-man left on one of the rocks outside of the San Francisco
Harbor when all the life-saving people and others had given up the
job as an impossibility.
Trusting I do not intrdde too much, I remain,
Youre very truly.
Engineer- in-Chief .
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EDISON MANUFACTURING eOMPAjNY,
. JAMES F. KE'LLY,, General, Sales Agent,^. -A^^^ ^ ^
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[TO ALFRED 0. TATE. POSTMARK: JULY 22, 1890]
VOL.
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Edison Lamp Company,
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A. 0. Tate, Esq., Private Secy,,
Edison's Laboratory,.
Oranfie, N. ,1.
Dear Mr. Tate: -
This will introduce to jrou Mi'.Stephen L.Colos of
our editorial staff, who visits yom* place in search of fresh and
important electrical news for the columns of the greatest electrical
journal of the day, the Electrical Rev iew.
If you can render Mr.Ooles any favors wo shall be
very much obliged indeed.
Very truly youi’s,
CboLAo^c 'Xi' C3^
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Augustus P. Smith, M. E.
COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW AND MECHANICAL EXPERT, ^
w York.
SPeCIALTYl PATENT AND TRADE MARK U
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BQ ilEASC ADDRESS REPLY TO Mew York, . Sept. . iith, . j^gg 0
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Lat oratory.
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir;-
I beg to enclose you herewith sane cuttings from
the Newark Press. You will see from this that Mr. Edison’s exper¬
imental work at Orange in connection with Railroads is known about
by somebody who reports for this paper. Mr. Edison has suggested
that it is probably the representative of the. Orange Chronicle,
whom 1 believe does more or less stationery work for you. I would
suggest that you call upon this gentleman and tell him that if he
proposes to publish such items or to furnish such items to ot^er
newspapers, that he cannot get our trade at the Laboratory for
stationery. It is important that Mr. Edison's railroad
work should not be talked about.
Yoxjrs truly.
Inolosure "a"
[ENCLOSURE]
Electrical Engineer.
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^ /t Weeliy Rmetv of Theorelieal and Applied Eteclricity,
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New York, 150 Broadwayi-..-^^^ . . . . .189
EDISON WORKING ON A RAILWAY.
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'cd electric motor for street cars. Ti.» i„. _ .:__ ...i
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Electrical Engineer.
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A Weekly Rniati of Theoretieal ami Applied Eleetricity.
Edited bt t. Commbbpoiid Martin «.» Joseph Wetzleb.
New York, 150 Broadway,. . 189 ^
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throiiRh the enclosed Hiograpliical Sketch of your life, which is for use in the fortli-
comiiift issue of our well-known F.Icctrical Haiidlmok. If you will add any fnrihe,
[larticulars of interest I shall be ^lad
I have pleasure in enclosinp; some particulars of the -hook, which includes a
list of the sketches forming the Biographical Section of the Book. If you find any
sketches omitted which you think would interest the Brofession, please favour me
with a list, and I will endoavour to have them included in the forthcomin" issue
Kindly return the enclosed Sketch as early as possible.
I am. Dear Sir,
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GEO, TUCKER.
Edison's Laboratory, Orange, N.J,
Dear Mr.Tate:-
Mr.H.L.Storke and I desire to have a talk with Mr.
Edison at his convenience. I presume it would suit Mr .Edison
better to have us call at his house some evening, and if you will
kindly let us knov/ when we can see him, say, some evening next
week, {any evening except|jhursday) , we shall be glad to come
Sincerely yoi
A, 0. Tate, Esq,,
Private Secretary, Edison's Laboratory,
Orange, N.J,
Dear Mr. Tate; -
Your kind favor of Deo. 2nd received, Mr.Storke
and I expect to come out Friday afternoon of this week, and shall
arrive at the Laboratory probably about 2 o'clock. I shall boar
in mind what you say, and probably telephone the Laboratory Friday
forenoon.
Thanking you for your kind reply, I remain
Very truly yours.
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1890. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-90-11)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison’s membership and activities in social clubs and professional societies.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: the numerous
circulars and other documents pertaining to the affairs of the Brooklyn
Institute; meeting announcements; other routine documents regarding club
activities.
socifrrfe DI5 sncouRs
AMIS DES SCIENCES
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ABSTRACT FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT,
TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE EDISON MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION :
Gentlemen : I hereby beg to present to you the Fifth Annual Report of
this Assoeiation, as follows :
Active Members on roll as per tast report, Afril 3, iSSg, ... . 232
Admitted during the year (124 full rate, 3 half-rate), . ... i2g
Reinstated (G, A. Kornetzki),
Suspended during year (6S full and 14 half-rate).
Withdrawals during the year, (fohu Langton),
Deaths (F. McCormick, F. V. Dixson),
FINANCIAL I^EPORX.
Balance In Treasury last rc/>orf, A/^rtl jrtlv tSSg, .
JjeceiJ^ls dnr^njr year /or tine, and assettmenf*
Disbursements Dunrijy Year.
Female Members, full rate .
Female Members, half rate . .
Male Members, full rate .
Death Dene/ts paid. F. MeCormieh. f
The Following Members have Received Sick Benefits during the Past Year:
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PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
18 & 18 BROAD STREET.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq, ,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
You have five hundred dollars worth of bonds of
the Eleetrie Club. /
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members have turned in $ 500.00 worth of bonds each with the idea
of becoming life members.
I have been asked to communicate with you and see if you will
do the same thing. On becoming a life member you are of course
releived from paying any further annual dues.
Yours truly,
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Mew York, -September . ISth , . 18 Oq
A. 0« Tate Esqt, Private Secretary,
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Orange
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1 have yours of the llth. Do you know irtiere
the Electric Club bonds are? If you have them in the safe, please
send them to 0. E. Madden, President of the Club.
I have written Mr. Madden stating that Mr. Edism will
turn in the bonds on account of life membership.
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[ENCLOSURE]
Herr Alioth, Ingenieur, Basel.
> Ayrton, Professor, London.
> Arnold, Ingenieur, Riga.
> Barbosa, Professor, Madrid.
> Bergmann, Ingenieur) New-York.
■ Bernstein, » Hamburg.
> Blathy, » Budapest.
> Bonghi, > Bonn,
» Brown, > Oerlikon.
» Brush, > Cleveland U. S. A.
» Carhart, Professor, New -York. <yt
> Carpentier, Ingenieur, Paris.
• Christiansen, Professor, Kopenhagen.
» Cloeren, Ingenieur, Anderlecht.
> Collett, Telegraphcn-Direktor, im Haag.
> Colombo, Direktor, Mailand.
» Cox, Ingenieur, Cannstatt.
> Crompton, Ingenieur, London.
■ Dahlander, Professor, Stockholm.
• Deprez, Ingenieur, Paris.
> Deri, Direktor, Wien.
» Dr. Dietrich, Professor, Stuttgart.
. Dolbear, . College Hill U. S. A.
> von Dolivo-Dobrowolsky, Ingenieur, Berlin.
> Dr. Edelmann, Ingenieur, Mbnchen.
. Edison, • Orange U. S. A. '
» Erikson, . Stockholm.
> von Ettingshausen, Professor, Graz.
> Ferraris, > Turin.
> Fischer, Ingenieur, Wien.
> Fleming, Professor, London.
• Fontaine, Ingenieur, Paris.
• Dr. FroAllich, Physiker, Berlin.
> Gdrard, Professor, Liittich.
> Golz, General-Lieutenant Exc., Berlin.
> Grawinkel, Ober-Telegr.-Ingenieur Postrat, Berlin.
> Ritter von Grimburg, Hofrat, Wien.
» Guilleaume, Fabrikant, Miihlheim.
> Dr. Grotrian, Professor, Aachen.
> Giilcher, Ingenieur, Biala.
> Hake, General-Direktor, Berlin.
» von Hefner-Alteneck, Ingenieur, Munchen.
• Hering, Ingenieur, Philadelphia.
> Dr. Herz, Ingenieur, Paris.
» Dr. Hopkinson, Ingenieur, London.
» Hospitaller, Professor, Paris.
> Huber, Ingenieur, Hamburg.
> Hummel, » Niirnberg.
» Jaspar, > Liittich.
Herr Joubert, Professor, Paris.
> Kapp, Ingenieur, London.
> Kareis, Baurat, Wien.
> de Khotinsky, Capitain, Rotterdam.
» Dr. Kittler, Geheimer Hofrat, Professor, Darmstadt.
» Dr. Kohlrausch, Professor, Hannover.
> Krizik, Ingenieur, Prag.
> Lacoine, > Konstantinopel.
> Lehmann, Professor, Karlsruhe.
» Ledeboer, Professor, Paris.
• Dr. Lbwenherz, Direktor, Charlottenburg.
> Machado, Professor, Lissabon.
• Mascard, » Paris.
• von der Mensbrugge, Professor, Gent.
» von Miller, Ingenieur, Miinchen.
. Milller, » Hagen.
» Naglo, • Berlin.
» Nielsen, General-Direktor, Christiania.
> Peukert, Professor, Braunschweig.
» Preece, Ingenieur, London.
• Dr. Puluj, Professor, Prag.
» Rathenau, Direktor, Berlin.
> Reckenzaun, Ingenieur, London.
» Roiti, Professor, Florenz.
> Ross, Direktor, Coin.
> Rothen, Telegraphen-Dlrektor, Bern.
» Rousseau, Professor, Brflssel.
» van Rysselberghe, Direktor, Brussel.
» Schuckert, Kommerzienrat, Niirnberg.
> C. Siemens, Ingenieur, St. Petersburg.
. W. von Siemens, . Berlin.
> Dr. Slaby, Professor, Charlottenburg.
> Snyders, » Delft.
> Sprague, Ingenieur, New-York.
> Dr. Stenger, Professor, Dresden.
» Dr. Stoletow, • Moskau.
» Dr. Strecker, Ober-Telegraphen-Ingenieur, Berlin.
» Swan, Ingenieur, Lauriston-Browley.
> Silv. Thompson, Professor, London.
> E. Thomson, • Lynn U. S. A.
Sir W. Thomson, » Glasgow.
Herr Tudor, Ingenieur, Echternach.
• Turrettini, » Genf.
» Uppenborn, > Berlin.
» Dr. Voit, Professor, Munchen.
» Dr. von Waltenhofen, Reg.-Rat Professor, Wien.
» Westinghouse, Ingenieur, Pittsburgh.
• Zipernowsky, » Budapest.
[ENCLOSURE]
Vorlaufiges Verzeichnis der . Tliemata.
Normen fiir den Energievcrbraueh von Messinstrumcntcn.
Foststellung der zulSssigcn Fchlergrcnzen aichbarcr Messinstrumentc mit Bezue auf Erwarmumr
Remanonz u. s. w. . •”
Verwendbarkeit von electroinagnetischen, also mit Eiscn vcrselienen Mcssinstrumenton fttr Wecliselstrom.
Electrotechnische Methode zur PrDfung inagnetischer Materialien auf Permeabilitat imd Rcmanenz.
Die sog. Iiochste Lcitungslahigkcit des Kupfcrs.
Dio praktische Brauclibarkeit der Leitungsfahigkeit des Kupfcrs als Maass.
Hochspannungsleitungcn fiir weitc Entfcrnungen.
Isolation subterraner und submariner Leitungen.
Zulassige Temperatur-Erholuing fiir Anker und Schenkel der Electromotoren.
Polwcchselzalii von Wcchselstrommascliinen.
Nutzeffoct von Gleich- und Wcchselstrommascliinen.
Bcstimmung iibcr Qucrscimitt- und Contactfiachen-Grossen fOr Schaltapparate und Vorbindimgsstiicke.
Bostimmung flbcr Dimcnsionen und Material von Absclimelz-Sicherungen.
Normalfassung fOr Gluhlampen.
Verlegung von Leitungen in Neubauten und fcrtigen Raumcn.
Kcnntlichmachung bcnaclibarter Leitungen fur vcrschiedene Zwecke.
Vorschriften fiir eicctriscl.e Leitungen in Wolm- und Geschaftsraumen vom Standpunkte der
Fouervcrsicherungs-Gcscllschaften.
Schutzmaassrogein bci electrischen Anlagen.
Lebensdauer der Gliihlampen bei Gleich- und Wecliselstrom.
Eiitwickelung schadlicher Gase in Bogenlainpen.
Mechanisclie rrai!smi.ssion bei electriscliem Bahnbetrieb.
Die Schienen als Stromleiter bei electriscliem Bahnbetrieb.
Accumulatoren fur electrischen Bahnbetrieb.
Anschluss der Blitzabiciter an Gas- und Wasserleitungen.
BhtzschutzvorriclUungen bei clectrotechnisclien Anlagen.
Ersatz der galvanisclien Elemente in der Telegraphie durch Accumulatoren oder Dynamomaschinen.
Electrotechnische Nomenclatur.
Electrotechnische Worterbucher der Cultursprachcn.
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1890. Edison, T. A. - Employment (D-90-13)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents from or about
employees and prospective employees. There are also letters of
recommendation in support of individuals seeking employment. Most of the
correspondence relates to employment requests for the West Orange
laboratory. Some documents pertain to employment at Glenmont and at the
various Edison companies. In addition, there are items concerning the closing
of the chemical room at the laboratory and the status of its employees; and
several notes from Edison authorizing wage increases for laboratory employees.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of
the documents selected for filming are either by Edison or contain a significant
response from him.
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Blan and Dorr— Inve intimated their desire to leave. One want!
to go av^ay on Monday next, and tte other a week fron Monday. If
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Dear Sir:-
I liave yours oi the 20t!i. inat. with relation to Mr. Wan-
Gomaiin. I shall be very /jlad to do all I possibly can to /;;ct Mr.
Wansemann a position with the Hew York Phonof^raph Company, buo be¬
fore doing so, I would like Mr. Edison's viev;s as to Mr. Wango-
mann's capabilities. Can't you telegraph him and find out exactly
v;hat he thinks of V/angernann?
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[TO JOHN F. RANDOLPH?]
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He was with me for nine years. He is a first-class detail man
and knows my ways. I shall have to pay him more than I can really
afford to, but he vdll be a great soiirce of comfort to me.
Hoping the above will meet your approval, I remain,
Dec, 24th., 1890,
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1890. Edison, T. A. - Family (D-90-14)
This folder contains correspondence by and about Edison’s family. Many
of the documents concern the severe illness of Edison’s daughter, Marion, who
was traveling in Europe. There is also material about the health problems of
Edison’s brother, William Pitt. Other letters pertain to requests for financial
aid from Edison’s relatives and to attendance by Edison’s family at social
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Dear Sir:>
Re W, P, Edison Mortgage. Por a sin^ile matter this la giving
a good deal of: trouble. Your Inst motions to me wore not to pay
off the mortgage unless I oould pay the money to Hartsiiff Instead
of to Whipple. The former is in Nebraska, and the latter at Port
Huron. The latter has all the papers and apparently holds a full
power from the former. Moreover, Whipple seems determined that we
should pay him. An Whipple is a brother lawyer, we do not like to
go behind his baok and address his olient. I therefore beg to
•uggest that you write yourself to Dr. Albert Hartsuff, Port Omaha,
Nebraska, and arrange for us to got the papers strai^t from him,
and for us to pay your oheok to his order straight to him. Would
it not bo wall for you to state to Hartsuff that you iwish to settle
this without the intervention of WhippAe ?
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t2,800.
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I shall ask a local attorney at Port Huron to see if the
papers are all right under the laws of tlmt State and shall then
notify you of the amount of the cheque with interest up to a fixed
say June 5th.
Do you approve?
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I/sssi’s, Drexol Morgan ih Comiany,
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Dear Sirs:-
My last, letter of ci'eclit wliich you issued in
favor of my Daughter Marion E. Edison is about exiiaust2d,and I
anxious tliat it should be extended a further fr? $10.000 by tol-
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by telegi’aph is that I overlooPed attending to it a week oi' so
back .
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Thomas A. Edison.
1890. Edison, T. A. - Real Estate (D-90-16)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
purchase and sale of land and buildings. Many of the letters concern the
payment of the interest and principal on the loan by Mr. and Mrs. David N.
Ropes for the purchase of property in Bloomfield, N. J.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence and maps sent to Edison by individuals offering buildings and
lands for sale.
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1890. Edison, T. A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Advice (D-90-21)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements in
Edison’s inventions, asking him for advice or information on technical matters,
or requesting his assistance in improving or promoting an Invention.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been filmed. Most of
the letters selected for filming received a significant response from Edison or
from Arthur E. Kennelly, Edison’s chief electrician.
Stern & Silverman,
SOLE T^CBNTS '
Edison Electric Light
Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company,
Hamilton Building, Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pa. ^ isgo.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Oranrie, Now Jurse.v.
Dear .Sir:-
Do yo’i know of any rial that can bo Msod i
compo’.ind with clay or anythins elso that will withstand a tonpura-
turo eqi.Tal to that of tha molting; point of copper and iron, with- '
oi.it affect in0 tha same.
This inquiry comes from a party who is quite a large cus¬
tomer of onrs, and has reqnosted us to write you concarning the
.'/ill .you therefore give it ynnr early consideration, and
obi Ige
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1890. Edison, T.A. - Visitors (D-90-25)
This folder contains routine letters of introduction and requests to visit
Edison or tour the West Orange laboratoiy. Included are letters about the
visit of Pierre Richemond, son of the French steam engine manufacturer, I.
Richemond. Substantive letters from individuals who visited the laboratory
or company shops on business can be found in their appropriate subject
folders.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been filmed.
Nonsubstantive requests by the following individuals have not been filmed; the
Count of Paris and his son, the Duke of Orleans; Charles T. Porter, designer
of the Porter-Alien steam engine; Lloyd Bryce, editor of the North American
Review; the governor and one of the U.S. Senators from Nevada.
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PHONOGRAPH DICTATION,
Joto Krensi, Esq., 6en*l. Manacer,
Edison General Electric Company,
Schenectady, N, y.
Dear Sir:-
This v/ill introduce to yam Mr. Pien’e Richemond, son
of the great Erench engine Builder, He v/ould like to see Vwuu
Yours very traiy,
1890. Edison Industrial Works (D-90-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
purchase of property at Silver Lake, N.J., and to the formation of the Edison
Industrial Works. This company was intended to be the successor to the
Edison Manufacturing Co. Included is correspondence from Sherburne B.
Eaton pertaining to Edison’s contractual obligations to the new company.
All the documents have been filmed except for duplicate copies of
selected documents.
Related material can be found in D-90-27 (Edison Manufacturing
Company) and in the Alexander Elliott, Jr., Papers (Special Collections Series).
J/ /cASy
Hov/ Yori: City, JanuarySSth, I£500.
A.O.Tato, Esq.
Dear Sir:
Ro Edison Industrial WorJts : I am so urowdod
with worJt that I cannot loavo to oxamino -Mr. Edison's
tai '? Pwi’Poso or asoor-
tai line just what provisos ho has made, touch ine manu-
faoturi n;
Tho proposed <
> bind Mr. Edison I
body else,
setting f,
parted with tho
tract with the Industrial Y/orJts I's
. , , to tiiose V/orEs the ' oxolusivo
right to manufacture all of the .!\,ttiro inventions, sav.^'
airl except as ho had already glvon that rigdit to Sfiinq-/
Attached to that contract is to bo an4ife>&bit
: of tho contracts wherein ho ha^
right to manufacture. My object in ''
going over all of his contracts with you was to pick out
those wiiorein he has partdd with any rights too mLifac-
tuie, r.o the end tha-„ t^oy might be described in the sai.i
to 00 ati.ao}-.ed to tho contract,
it seems impossi'nle for me to get away, and this
+ b • imme-liate attention, why will you
not J|indly go through these contracts and send mo a list
of all those wherein Edison has parted with his rights
to manufacture? Tn.is should bo done today or tomorrow
A?1 Thursday morning at latest.
All tliat I require are tho names of tho parties to tho
the lirst parties, who arc tho
beco .d p,:.rties wo., togethor-^vith tho dates of tho con-
subject matter, described in ',a -f ow words.
Exhibit
mat t
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genoy, and oblige.
) help r
1 this
avoid delay I will have my signature
letter so that it may be mailed immodia
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Dear Slr:-
Re Edison Industrial Vtorks. Referring to the
pr®posed agreement between you and the Works, you will remember
that two Exhibits are to be prepared, to wit;-
(1) "Complete List of Real Estate and Eactories at
Silver Lake", together with "the exact actual cost" of each item.
Deeds are also to be prepared transferring these properties to
the Works.
(2) "Complete List of Existing or Prior Agreements".
This list must include every agreement whereby you have made my
promises which conflict with your proposed agreement with the In¬
dustrial Works.
I shhll send Mr, Simpson to the Laboratory probably to¬
morrow for the purpose of procuring, with the aid of Mr. Tate,
such information as may be necessary t‘o enable me to prepare the
above Exhibits.
Hoping it will be .iconVenientt for Mr.
matter, without delay, I remain,
Very- truly yours.
j; /(je,- UJoi-
THE EDISON MACHINE WORKS,
private telephone line.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
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.'LEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
2045.
(^'©iTuiini I^TfitiniTai iiaiik
Dear Mr. Edison : Re Industrial Works.
Sir. Inaill told me this raornir^ that in view
of the present state of the money market, he thou^t we had better
not try to make progress with this matter at the present tine . He
thinks that the next thing to be done is to arrange with Mr.Sbof-
ford in behalf of Mr. Villard, for the money to be put \xp by the
latter. Mr. Insull thinks that this cannot be dona Just yet.
Have you any suggestions to make ?
1890. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-90-27)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Most of the letters pertain to the
licensing and marketing of the Edison-Lalande battery. Also included are
technical descriptions of the battery cell and specifications and notes regarding
the construction of a factory at Silver Lake, N. J.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: routine
correspondence relating to the shipment of materials and supplies and to
company accounts; routine letters from creditors; other routine business
correspondence; time reports and day reports for Factory No. 2 for the period
February-March; bills and receipts pertaining to operating expenses, including
the factory payroll.
Related material can be found in D-90-26 (Edison Industrial Works).
Edison /AANarAGTaRiNG Go.,
Edison-Lalande I5attery.
UNDER AUTHORITY OF
TlKffiMAS Ao IEIIDnS((DPJ„
PRIMARY BAT7:ERIP.S,
TELEQBAEH " MAI.N5”,.ANb “ LOCALS."
■ELECTRO MOTORS.-
ELECTRO-PLA TING.
TELEPHONE TRANSMITTERS.
ELECTRO-MEDICA L INSTR UMENTS.
: ANN UNCIAIRORS &- IS URGLA R ALARMS.
AND. ALL CLASSES of’ ^
CLOSED OPEN CIRCUIT WORK.
(^'kPl/^e, . January..25,....1890.../cJ^
Mr> John Randolph,
Dear Sir;- ■
. ■ The Kdison-lalande. ooll s,
manufiactured by tte “Kdi so n ' Manufaatur^iiij;
' Ooii^any,for the .purpose of identifi-^,, ,
cation, will bo lettered, as follows:- ...
; 'A ’is Ampere-hour cell.
• • 0 50 Ampere; hour, cell.
E , 150 Ampere hour cell
G, 300 Ampere hour cell (Telegrraph)
K, 300 Ampere hour cell (Phonograph)
P 600 Ampere hour cell
T 900 Ampere hour cell
JAMES F. KELLY, Coneral Sales Agent.
E^dison Manukacturinq Co.
1 9 DEY STI4EET,
NE'W 'VTork. W3rcih 25th 1800.
R. E. Kennelly, Esq.,
Edison’s Laboratory,
Oranse, N. J.
Hear Sir:-
I have your favor of the 24th in roaard to the 0 curve
sheets of the Edison-Lalande Battery. These I have and am much pleas¬
ed with them. In recard to the cautery battery, I would say thatil^^
sooner Mr. Gladstone can cet this out the better it will please me,
as I think there will be a larce sale. I sold a little while aco to
Dr. Neubry of this city, 6 of our cells ’lyhioh he intends to use both
for cautery woi’k and for operatinc a sifall motor. He finds that 6
cells, 300 avipere-hour type, are not quite sufi'icient to ,-;ive him the
heat he» requires. He has just ordered another cell which I have or¬
dered from the factory. He is perfectly satisfied v.'ilh the battex’y and
has no doubt whatever but that it v/ill meet all his requirements. As
soon as he finds hov/ many cells will answer his purpose he intends to
brine it forward at one of the clinics and sliow the advantaecs of our
battery over other batteries for this class of work.
Hov/ about the Motor we propose brincing out?*
Yours truly.
. ”7'"
EATON & LEWIS
Thomas A. Edison, Esq..,
Dear Sir:
Re Lalande Battery License, Pursuant to Mr. Tate's
letter of the I9th ult., I have prepared the enclosed asreement.
Will you kindly look it over to see if it is just right, and then
rettim it to me with any suggestions you may have to make. Even
if you have no suggestions to make, please return it so that I may
prepare clean copies for execution.
I return herewith your agreement with Lalande dated
August 24, I8S9; also Mr. Philip S. Dyer's letter to you of
March 4, 1890, to which is attached an extract of a letter from
Lalande to Dyer.
Inasmuch as you are the licensee I have made some
of the terms of this agreement somewhat elastic, that is to say, n
not so stringent as they would have been made if you were the
licensor.
Awaiting your further instructions in this matter,
lUITABLE BUILDING)
'<^(EQUITA
_Ap.ril_I.,_IS.9.0..
I remain.
VeiY truly yours
The Edison Machine Works,
„K8, No. 19 DEY STREET, ~
"Xyosun, New York."
New York, April nth ’9(
Mr. Thonias A. Edison,
Orange, n.
Dear Edison:
I have carefully irone over the estimates of the Jvlaohin
Shop and Eoimdry, and I find they are about right in regard to the
building, 400 feet shop, about $45000, and the Foundry in the neigh-
borliood of $30000. To fit up the Machine Shop v/ill take an anount of
money bringing it up almost to $05,000. To fit up the Foundry is an ^
e.cceedingly diificult thing, and while we jiave estimated that it
would take about $30,000 to fit it up complete, the estiimte must be !
gone over by Mr. Kruesi and Mr. Henderson, or soiiBbody whom you siiall ?
appoint equally good, before ordering material that make it up. i i
find that it is quite impossible to plan out a Foundry when we do not I
knov/ the size and v/eight of the work to be done, nor the amount of it. I
Tlie. first thing to be done there at Silver Lake is to be sure of our |
water supply and our drainage. Thonas has now got a good scheme up !
there, and our plan of operation is as follows: We find that the
ground on which the shop v/ill stand has always held a ;’reat deal of ■
i-water. We have a natural incline from the railway lengthwise v/ith
the property towards Bloomfield Ave. , this however, does not drain the'' ^
water because it is more like a ploughed field than a smooth road.
The Edison Machine Works,
No. 19 DEY STREET,
If our railroarj Lraol: and road were made and had this natural slant
towards Bloomfield Ave., and aLso if our shops were built and the
[,rou;;d was so di’aded. that the surface water v/ould run towards this
road, I think there would be no more than one tenth of the water ijet
down through into the quicksand. The quicksand lies about two and '
. below tiie surface, and as fai
v/e know at jn’esent, is
more than 16 feet deep. Our plan is to build a well to drain off
the quicks, and for at least I3 feet below the foundation of the
foundry, and six feet below the foundation of the machine shop. Prom
the level of these points the water will run into the well. It follov/s
therefore, that the surface of the well mist never ri.se over this
point. The water that we set in this well would not at any time be
keep us supplied.
’ to either sink a pipe or’diiT ;
sufficient, even if it was 26 or 27 feet deep, to keep us supplied..
It would therefore be neccessary to either s.ink a pipe or’diiT a smal
well, say four feet diameter, where this is now 10 feet, and go down
far enough to get all the water we tont. It will probably occur to
V 10 feet, and go down
you that it may t
)ssible that the well will fill :
from the quicksand, and risi
; the highdst point.
that we should b,: obliged to continue pumping it out, which would be
an expense, i think, however, that what I have said in i-egard to the .
road and tne surface drainage of the place when the shops are built,
The Edison Machine Works,
No. 19 DEY STREET,
New York,
Avill preclude ai:y possibility of our having any trouble of this sort.
I have impressed very stronjly upon Wr.' Thomas’s mind the necces.sity
Of urmediately pressintj fomvard v/ith all dispatch in putting down
this well that we now have , to a depth of af least 26 feet, unless
he -ets below the quicksand, and from that point start and dig the
fell that is to provide us with
f you would cret the necces-
sary points from Thomas, with whom I have discussed the .-natter fully,,
you will see just what we are tryiner to do. in all oases where I
have spoken of a wc ll in tils letter, 1 mean of com^se a new well we •
sinki.iEi and not the old one we now have. l should have come up to
see you today and to say ;Tood by. But I find that you have -eond away.
I have given instructions to Mr. Thomas to have prepared for you,
any time you may call for them, a full detailed list of every stickof ,
timber and brick, an-i
1 you call on him to do the work, you will he able to go right
ahead and order from those lists. In regard to ivl-. Thomas, I have
also told him, that when he has charge of the building of these builct-
ings, I mean as soon as you begin them, iie shall be paid at the rate
Very respectfully yours.
t He
Edison MANaPAOTaRiNS Go.,
Edison-Lalanre Battery.
UNDER AUTHORITY OF
A. lEUDnSiIDK,
PRIMARY PATTER IRS,
FOB
TELEGRAPH “MAINS" AND “LOCALS."
ELECTRO MOTORS.
ELECTRO-PLA TING.
TELEPHONE TRANSMITTERS.
ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS.
ANN UNCI A TORS &• BURGLAR ALARMS.
AND ALL CLASSES OF
CLOSED OPEN CIRCUIT WORK.
. .
Re da Lalande Contract, Replying to Ivlr, Tate's
valued favor of yesterday, I beg to say that I find the criticism
made is correct, namely, that at the end of the Tenth Section,
the last two words should have been "the second party" instead of
"Pelix de Lalande". This clerical error is not an important
one, as it goes without saying that it could not have been in¬
tended that the first party could terminate the license by serv¬
ing a notice upon himself,
I suggest that you write to Mr. s. Dyer, that the
last four words of the Tenth Section should be erased, and:, that
these vrords should be inserted in place thereof, to wit, "the
second party".
In my judgment it is not necessary to have ih e contract
re-executed by Mr, Edison, ih e mistake being purely a clerical one.
In fact the contract would be all right even if this change were
not made, because it is self-evident tiiat the second party was ir>-
t ended.
After the above change is made, let Mr. de Lalande ^exe-; ■
cute the agrc ement and let his attorney send you your copy,yithout
any re-execution on your part.
Awaiting your further favors, I remain,
Enclosures; Letter fron Coudert Bros., Paris, May 1, 1890, to T.
S. Dyer; and letter from Mr. Dyer to Mr. Edison, dated Antwerp.
May 2,1890,’
Stfu^Y
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
44 WALU STREET. I'l. t '
^ ^ejw York, . .July.....l5*i8?0,._ . 189
Thoms A. Bdi8on,E8q.,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dea’ Slr;-
1 would like to make an arrangement by which the
General Ccmp any, could exploit the Battery business on behalf of the
Edison Manufacturing Company, or its successor, the Edison Indus¬
trial Works.
Please let me know what arrangement would bo equitable and
satisfactory to you.
Yours truly.
P S.— In case of our being able to eonsumnate arrangements we
would propose carrying a stock of Batteries in each one v of our
District Of floes , which would certainly give an impetus to the bus¬
iness, as there would be a stock in Now Yoik , Chicago, Portland Oregon
San Francis oo , California ; New Orleans , Louisiana ;Atlanta , Georgia ; an d
probably in several other centres such as St.Lpuis ,Mo;cinoninati
Ohio ;Detroit, Michigan ;and Denver ,Coloradoo
EDISON GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
44 WAUL STREET.
WSC
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
16 & 18 BROAD STREET.
A> 0. Tate, Eaq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N.J.
Lear Sir;-
Mw York, . July 16th,1890. j g(,
Mr. Kelly informs me that Mr. Edison proposes
doing some quite extensive advertising of the Battery.
I would suggest that nothing of the kind be done for the
moment, pending the arrangements- that I wrote Mr. Edison about
today-with the Edison General Company for the agency of the Battery
for the United States. If such an arrangement is entered into I
think the advertising should be done as part of the advertising of
the Edison General Company.
SAMUEL INSULL.
^/^-!-ssri;riYro
■!0A0
I« BROAD STRBBT,
jyew York, . sept . . Z,1890 J89
ih.with relation to the
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison labratory.
Orange ,N.J.
Dear Sir;-
I have your favor of the 28
batt ory business • ^
TShile I think that it is a good thing for you to go ahead and
have the catalogue that you speak of prepared,! would not have them
printed, in Wew of the fact that is po/sible that we shall change
the name of the concern to that of the Edison Industrial Works,
and than the printing would be useless.
With reference to the questio^of the establishment of agen¬
cies, the intention is to make olosp alliance between the Edison Geg.-
eral Company am the Edison Indus/rial Works, so faras the
ation of the products the lat/er is concerned. Under these cir¬
cumstances I think that W.di'/trict of ficet</ would make very good
representation for the battery business throughout the country,as
each one of our districts are dealing with peopl^who would be buy¬
ing batterie^in connection with our Wire Department.
I note what you say of the troubles that have been in ths way
of Mr. Kelly's developing his part of the business.
Yours truly,
PHILIP S. DYER
EUROPEAN AGENT
Rue Osy, 43= .
ANTWERP, "V
FACTORIES:
LAMP WORKS
SCHENECTADY WORKS.
Electric Light and Telegraph Dynatnoi
Electric Motors,
Shafting Piilluys etc.
Edison's Underground Cable for Electric
Lighting, Telegraph and Telephone,
Edison's Devices for Underground
NEW-YORK WORKS
EDISON MANUFACTURING Co
EDISON LALANDE BATTERY
'■ )c4.
UNDER AUTHORITY
tiiiai a. ti5i'
jd' ■CTA,/>
)ne transmitters. Electro Medical instruments. ^ A ^
Annunciators & Burglar Alarms. ■^_/ ^ , r/^'^O i
EDISON MIMEOGRAPH
xic^ ,
. A-r-zx'
Rue Osy, 43“
PHILIP S. DYER
Adrcssc TiSlcgraphiquu : » ANTWERP^
DYER (Anvors). _ _
EUROPEAN AGENT
EDISON MANUPACTURIlirG Co
ORANGK, N. J.
EDISON LALANDE BATTERY
UNDER AUTHORITY OF
REDUPLICATINO AUTHOGRAPHIC
AND TYPEWRITTEN MATTERS.
[ATTACHMENT]
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[ATTACHMENT]
LalanclQ Battyry. Katin-aiJ.y, our Diatriot Managers ai’c applied to
for this battery.
Vie a.\’e starting to develop a gejio’-Ql Supply business in
oonnootion v/ith our .various District Offices. I am now arranging
to ta3;e quite a largo store in Boston; I ali'cady iiavo one in Port¬
land, iinothor in Donvor, and another iji San Pranoioeo, and Sjia.il
arrange to have a similar establishment in New Orleans and, later
on, a very large establishment in Chicago. It is my opinion that
v/o have got to go into tiio General Electrical Supply business, and,
if W9 do, of necessity v/e shall bo t}ie lai-gest Electrical Sujiply
concern in the world.
I would like to make an arrangoment by which wo can por-
manently handle the battery through our District organization. I
think it would be of great advantage to you and the Edison Manu¬
facturing Company, as well as profitable to us,. V/e should propose
X ^ V.
SAMUEL INSULL,
I.-I C ■'' '
.A'ew Yorh,
tlKOAD STRKBT,
Smr.. . //Or
-1890 .
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SAMUEUINSULL.
i6 BROAD STRBBT,
J^eiv York, . D.a.G.* .
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A. 0. Ta te, Esq . , ' - ■
Edison Laboratory,
Ornnee, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I bee to enclose y at copy of a letter dated
December Sth, from tlio Bridffeport Brass Companyt
I v/ould drav/- your attention to tl/it part of the lettorreferrin
to the Edison Manufacturiiifr Compan^ in v;luci! the Bridjjeport Brass
Company say"Tlie former extendincy^ack to July 1889, since which
time y/Q liave received no money , /on account" and then later on"from
the former account has never /laci so much as the courtesy of a re¬
ply" This is on the lines ofi' the complaint made by Mr. Gilmore ,
v/ith relation to the Edis^i Machines V/orks account against the
Edison Manufacturing Conwany. I have had similar complaints made
to me verbally time anejf time «ad again, and I must confess that if
Mr. Edison’s personal/aff^i4a’s are run in thus way, his credit will
be very seriously affected.
have some explanation from you iipon this sub-
em^t
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
^ Mr. Edison, -
Referranc to the attached correspondence,
the first being a letter from the Edison Manufacturing Company
bearing my signature, addressed to Mr. Insull, 2nd Vice-Pres’t.
Edison General Electric Company, and the second a comnunioation
from the latter addressed to you.
a. 1 am not in a position to prove the existence of any
corporation knovm as the "Edison Manvifaoturi^g Ctinpany," and
therefore cannot contradict the statement.
b. The correspondence in question, referring as it did to
the batterj' business, I thought it would be proper to conduct in
the name of the Edison Manufacturing Company. I have no feeling
on this point, and will conduct it ift the name of the Almighty
if you wish.
0. I cannot myself conceive that you or anyone else would
seriously priopose that the Edison Gen'l. Electric Company wo^uld
handle the business, involving the carrying of stock on a margin
of SX. The lowest discounts that we give to any dealers on our
present sizes of cells, is 3oX & 15^ from list. i offered the
Mi=.n Oan'l. Oo. 3oX S 15X S/. Ih,
[ENCLOSURE]
the .cells is not establisted hy us, but by the trade, which allows
from loX to 25^ from our list prices. There is no pressing reason
vfhy the Edison Gen'l. Co, should allow more.. In fact, if they
are going to out the throats of all the dealers we would VQvy
much better keep the business in our own hands.
The large cells for electric ligliting purposes are not yet
ready. When thqroome out I proposed giving the Edison Gen'l, Co,
better discounts, as you will see by ny letter.
The whole thing in a hut-shell is that it is absolutely
impossible for us to quota any lower prices than those named in
my letter, unless we wish to p^ the Edison Gen'l, Electric Co,
for oondesoending to handle our goods,
d. it would be interesting for me to know if any letters'
which I write in connection with this battery business are to be
called into question as to authority. Perhaps you could fiumiish
me with a stamp or a seal which I could attach to each letter,
bearing a form of affidavit that I am authorized to handle the
brrsi:
[ENCLOSURE]
OFFICE OF
EbISON MANaFAGTORING
DEC 2 1890
PHONOCHAPH DICTATION.
EnrsoN-LAUANOE Rattery.
UNDER AUTHORITY OF
THiKOMAS A, DDDHSdDK.
...DecQmlDQr.-.l, . ISOO . -. .
Samuel Insvill, Kstj., 2nd Vioe-Pres ' t. ,
I Edison General Electric Co., How York
PRIMARY BATTERIES,
Dear Sir:-
TELESRAPH “ MAINS" AND " LOCALS."
ELECTRO MOTORS.
ELECTRO-PLA TING.
TELEPHONE TRANSMITTERS.
ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTR UMENTS.
ANNUNCIA TORSSs^ B URGLAR ALARMS.
Replying to youi’ letter of
21st ultimo in regard to battery bu¬
siness, I beg to say that the discount
v/hioh v/e give to the trade now on cells
listed in our present catalogue is 30X
and 15^,
Bj-- the "trade"
mean largo
CLOSED S- OPEN CIRCUIT WORK.
o I dealers like the Central Electric Co.,
the Western Electric Co., and other
large dealers.
The cell vdiich we are getting out specially for EIvtERGEHCY
ELECTRIC LIGHTING vrork has not yet been listed.
The largest discount allov/ed by the trade in retailing our
cells is
In regard to arrangement with yotir Company, vre v/ill allovF
you on all cells listed to date 30^ and 15^ off, together v/ith an
extra '6% on orders for 500 or more cells of any or all types. As
it is your intention to carry a stock at your vafioLis District
Offices, it would never be necessary for you to order any lo.ts of
[ENCLOSURE]
Samuel insull, Esq. _2- December 1, 1890.
leas than 500, and you could tliDrefore always Ivave tlie advantace of
this extra discount. ’ '
In regard to Emergency Electric Lighting, v/’hioh m are
especially desirous of having you handle, when we list otir 3,000
ampere hour cell the price will be arianged so th&t wo v/ill te
enabled to allow you a discount of 50,f and 15X, together with an
extra IsX on all yoiir orders; while to the trade vra vdll allow
only oijT regular discount of '600 and 15^.
The matter for our special catalogue relating to this work'
IS now in course of preparation. V/e think that some of your
people could make valiiablo suggestions in regard to vdmt this
catalogue should embody, and v/e should be very glad to ]» ■ able to
submit the material ttet we lmve,,for criticism and amplification,
to any one v/hom you may indicate.
Yours very truly,
EDISON MANUEACEUItlHG, COIIPAMY
[ENCLOSURE]
EDIS'ON-eENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
. . ! EDISON 0UILDINO-BROAD STREET
Deccmbci’ 10, IS 90.
Thanas A. Edison, Esq . ,
Oran^': ,We'v J ersey,.
Ecar Sir:-
I onoloso you horev/ith the orisinal of a
signed, "Edison Manufac tuning Company , A, O.Tato " .
(yy^l did not Enow of the existence of ajiy such oorporat
i/niorc-
over, I thouglit I v/as conducting a oonrespondcnco v;ith y ou . and
cannot conceive that you would seriously propose that ivo should
liandle a business,Ydiioh involved our carrying stook^on any such
margin as b%.
I am sending the original letter to you, because I an vor-y
anxious to know wliether it was really written v/ith your authority.
Yours very ti'Uly,
Enos.
P.S.--YOU of course understand, that wo are not particularly anx¬
ious to get the Battery business. V/e have a large number’ of
enquiries with relation to the Batteryjmore especially fi- om our
District Managers to Mr. Kelly. I thouglit it would bo a clean
business for you to have us handle it, but we certainly could not
[ENCLOSURE]
T.A.E.a.
afford to it on any sucVi baais aa sX*. w^nte of m;
tiiiB to conduct a c orrcspondoncc v/ith a viow to oui' taking up a.
business with any sucli marEin. I arii au r’o if youwirre
position, you would not consider it for a tiomont .
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.SPJilOIJi’InATIOM nw MATTOiaT, AMD LA'^OR VOR A PAOTORY 0? BRIfU'
to be built for the Kdiaon Manufr^oturinB OoMpnU'y upon the i)ro'perty
Of Thomas A. -Kiison at Silver Lal:e, New .Torney, from drawincB fur-
niB}>ed by said Company, and imder tho si^.pervision and dirnotinn of
their Conct ruotint; -tJntjineer.
All material entering into, and all labor^jt^Hanoes neoeasary
for, the C'Onstruction of the huildins to be furnlBhecl by tho Con¬
tractor.
The buildinc to be completed in days from date of
sijpiina oontract. If buildinc is not ocrmplsted in the stipulated
time, then the contractor is to forfeit dollars per da:-
for every day in excess of the said days that the building
remafins unfinished.
Excavations.
The excavations for the foundations of the main and partition
v/alls shall be in tho form of a trench, which, shall bo two .feet,
six inches deep. from tho side or lencthwise foundations tO' tho
middle lino of buildin.^ or line ofpiera, the ground shall be
graded so that ground line shall be twelve inches lower at center
line Of piers than at side walls.
The dirt removed in excavating for piers and ratlin walls to
be thrown outside of building line.
The main fonndat.ion walls and the piers to be of ocinorete
made in follovfinc proportions:
Sharp Sand or (’travel . 3 parts.
Srohen stone . 4 parts
Portland cmiient . 1 part
The main walls to oonfonn in axtline to the sixperimposed wall
and to be at all points three inches th4oker, both inside and out¬
side, than the brick wall - that is, the thickness will vai'y from
inches to inches. The height or depth shall tfs
two feet six inches.
The piers shall be 20" x 28", and their bottom level shall
bO' the same as that of the foundation walls, but the top^ shall be
inches below that o f the foundation walls.
T}io famdation walls for the partitions shall be three inches
wider, on oach side, than the walls they are to support - that is,
they will be \uiiform3.j'' 14 inches in width.
■Brick Work.
All brick shall be good hard Jerseys.
All mortar shall he made of Rood lime . . .1 part
Sharp Sand: . . 5 parts
Portland Oementl/4 part.
-3-
Pm’tifcion V/alls shall be oight inches thick and shall run
hard to roof.
Main walls shall vary in thickness from tr inohea, except X
for tvro ooiu'ses from wall plate. These two cwrses shall bo uni¬
formly ei^ht inches thick (cement on offsets).
After wall plate and trusses have been set,, the four main
walls are then to be carried )iard up tc roof, openincs in main
wall about 3" x 4" shall be left every three feet betwenn floor
beams .
No arch over windovrs or door shall be turned without a cmtar
(all eentres shall be set by the carpenter).
The ti^-r stpne sills for tl’.e double doorwaysshall be of blue-
stone and not less than fi" thick, 13" wide, and 8 ft. 6" lonjj.
The three door sills for the sincle dcors shall be of blue-
stone not liess than four inches thj.ok, 13 inches wide and 3 ft..,
6" Icnj;. All sills rouch dressed.
The mason vfork shall be thoroughly protected dxxrinc stormy
weather.
Iron Work.
Bolts holding dovm wall plate shall be l/2" x 18" and l/2" x
12", the 12" abd 18" lengths to alternate and bolts to be eigtit
fe<et apart.
The holding do'Wi (wrought) plates for these bolts shall bC'
1/4" X 1. 1/4" X 6".
-4-
A washer shall be placed imder each nut.
The bolta for axipportinf; counters shall be 5/8" x 10" and
shall have holding in plates of wrox-ight iron 1/4" x 1. 1/3" X 6"
and shall be in perfect lane ft, inches from the
floor.
Oarpenter.
The oiisi^S'^ofvwQiSc shall be as folloT^s:
Sunrier 10 x 13 fSjjrxice
3jT.oor x^eans 3 x IS IToralooP: 18" centres.
’^ridging 3x3 "
Plooring 1 1/4" I?atched Spruop, 6 " wide or narrovfer-
blind nailed.
Oeiling of duplicating rown shall be pine wide and
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beaded in the middle. - ‘ .
yunHtC'ki.L '
Trxxsuos - 3 X 10 8p rue er-»ou^; side pieces 1* x 8"Spruce
il tr - cA ■ - . <
V/all Plato 3x8 Hemlock j^LA . iK. Cr
Cornice board 8ec. qual. sound knotted pine.
Box oohnico or water trough, sec. qxxal. soxxnd knotted pine.
Moulding;, as per drawing.
Rafters 3x8 Hemlock, those txpon eaves of bxxilding to be halved
so as to be flush with oaves the vfhole length of bxxilding.
The Icpng strxxts and ties of trusses shall be nailed together,
where scarfed with SOd nails. The side pieces shall be nailed on
with lOd nails, and the sane size siiaZl he used for seourihfl
rv -d, i /■,./-,/ .'■/! ////■' ,V ■
trusses to wall plate. " '/pr:::. -.t.o
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The do^srs shal.l he of clear drj' pine free from sap.-Reorgiia
pine threshed 7/R» thick.
'’^ransom lights shall he fitted to double do.'ors as ah'ewn.
The three small doors sha].l h« 'S^S'x 1. 1/2"; ar*?. the
double doors shall he 7. 1/2 ft high x 8" x 2". Tlie douhl'e' dows
shall have six inch rim locks^ escutcheon^w ith dark mineral knobs,
and hnmg with 5x5 loose pin japanned butts - .I to each door.
The double doors shall have slidlne: bolts, top and bottom.
The anall doors shall have five inch rim lo ok s^ escutcheons:
and daj'k mineral knobs. They d'.all be Jmng each with 3 loose pin
j ai'anned butts 3. 1/2 x 3.
All doors sliall bo of regular make.
All door frames shall be of sec. qual. sound knotted pine and
of regular make - those for double doors to have transoim as shewn
upon draTfing;.
Window Frames.
Window frames shall be of see. qual. white pine s-ound knotted,
except. po'Oket slides which shall bo of Reorgia pine. All sills
shall bo two inches thick.
Dimensions from outside to outside of pockets and from oiitside
to outside of casing shall be as marked up-on detail drawings.
Kaeh frame Siall have two hack centres, SVanes aJ'.all ha-ze
good ciast iron pculleys. Kvorything regxilar make.
Sash etc.
Sash shall be best quality, clear, dry white pine, of re;,^l:]r
makie, and shall be hung with No. 35 snsh cord.
'Voiglits shall be solid eye and mat properly balance sad'..
Nrieae Toard shall be of sec. qual. , sound knotted Thite pine
Sox cornice forming water trough shall 'je of sec. qual., soiind
knotted White pine and constructed with moiildint: as shown .upon de¬
tail di-awing. ,i'
All work to be done in a workmanlike ma.nner.
Hoofing.
The roof shall be covered with gravel and 3 ply roofing paper,
pitcii to be of best qviality.
Tinning.
The roofing tin forming rain trmgh shall be best grade one
cross tin. There sl'.all be two corrugated galv. iron leaders of
edacity of a 4" pipe upon each side of building and^leaders shall
rea(Sh to twelve inches from the ground line of building.
Painting.
Thie v;indow sash shall receive three coats of paint. All
othar exposed wood work, two coats.
Oolors of body shall be
Oolor of trlnriinas shsll be
No linen tape measurements sJ'.all be aoo(?>ted,
agree with some standard m^'e of metal t^e.
unless they
material for 20
40 building.
Piers Concrete 7 bbls oonent
4 loads field stone
3 ■ Sand
labor.
800 hard Jersey
1 bbl lime
1 load sand
Labor.
0ENTR15 POSTS.
Door Posts
Corner Potts
Studs .
4 - 8 X 8 X 22 )
2-8x8x20 ;
2 - 6 X 12 X 14 4 S p r u 0 0.
1 - 6 X 8 X 16 ;
)
2 - 6 X 6 X 14 Yellow pine
2 - 4 X 6 X 14 Spruce,
4-*x6x14 »
30.-3 X 4 X 14 Hem.
30 - 2 X 4 X 14 «
27 - 2 X 10 X 20 »
1200 board feet 1 ]/4 Spruce 8" to 9- wide.
1100 sq. ft 1“ matched homlocJc
6 - 4 X 6 X 16 spr.
Ploor Beams
Plooring
Roofing
Wall Plates
Roofing Gravel.
Ceiling for sides 1700 sq, ft. No. 2
North Carolina 7/8 x 4 or 4 1/fe
13 r a 0 e s 1 piece 4 x 4 x 24 Spr.
17 Window Pranes. 18 Igths 10 x 14
Pulley Pockets - inside
Casing - stops ■
(42 inches between studs )
17 pairs 1 I/4" sash, 9 light
per sash for same
68 Sash Weii^ts, wght,
^ •C-. hor. 6“ minteral knob
1 Floor bolt
10 lbs. 20d; 50 lbs 8-
80 « lOd; 50 " 6-
200 linear feet 2x2 hem.
1700 sq, feet Novelty 6*
150 linear ft. 1 x 9 pine
planed one side
150 lin, feet 1 x 10 pine
planed one side
300 lin, ft. 1 X 1 pine
planed
onn ?^®^^“4-3x6x22
200 lin ft 1 X 6», all sprxice.
Nails
Rloor struts
SIDING.
CORNICE
Strips
V/ A T E R TROUGH. 100 lin. . 4 x 4 spr,, sav/od diagonally
RAETERS 22-2x8x14 hom.
■ 11 - 2 X 10 X 16 "
OUTSIOE CEILING bett/een piers
240 sq. ft 7/8x9 No, 3
Noith Carolina flooring
SashOord. 4 lianks
{2 3 2/2)
1 DOUBLE DO® 7* X 7' X 1 1/2
1 DOOR IRAME for same
CARPENTERS' labor.
Recapitulation.
Piers
Lumber & H a r d v/ a r o
Carpenters
Gravel Roof
$ 53.50
369.06
• 125.00
42.00
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1890. Electric Light - General (D-90-28)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
electric lighting and power. Included are letters pertaining to the alternating
current controversy, electrocution, the Niagara Falls power project, and the
disappearance of Edison’s associate, Frank McGowan, in January 1890. There
are also requests by schools for donations of electric lighting equipment.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been filmed. The
following categories of documents have not been filmed: unsolicited inquiries
regarding suggested improvements in dynamos, meters, and other central
station equipment; other routine business correspondence.
3301 Baring St., Philadelphia,
i| January 7th, 1890.
Edward D. Adanis, Esq.,
Nav/ York .
Dear Sir:-
In considering the several questions, growing out of
the consummation of the agreement wit h the Niagara Falls
Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company, tlie party of the
first part, giving certain rights to the Niagara Falls Power
|, Co., the party of the second part, to cross the property of
I the party of the first part, but naming conditions to pro-
jl teot that Company from damages, by reason of leakage, in
j| driving a tunnel below their canal, and to protect the v/ater
II supply now at command of the Company to the full extent of
I any possible' extension of the surface canal scheme, I have
I carefully examined the contract signed on Jan'y. 1st, 1890,
and find that it fully covers the principles laid down in
I my letter to you under date Deo. 17th, 1889, and as express¬
ed verbally to Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson from time to time.
I have also carefully considered hot only tie letter from
Mr. Francis Imde Stetson to you, dated Jan. 1st, 1890, but
have made note of the conversations v/ith residents of Nia¬
gara Falls in regard to the ice question on Sohlosser Rapids
as affecting the water supply between the main land and
Grass Island, lying about 800 feet fron the main land near
to Elizabeth Street, as laid dovm on the maps at my com¬
mand. The first question being as to the Contract and its
ii agreement with my suggestions, I v/ould say that It fully sat- |
|| isfies tlie end I had in view in making such suggestions,
Ij whioki may be expressed as follows!
In any contest with the Canal Company as to "Diver-
|j sion" of the water I proposed the limiting and explanatory
jj
j| words "to the detriment of the party of the first part", I
r had proposed tiie naming of Grass Island as property to which
j| reasonable access should be granted for measurement and work
j| to the end of protecting the v/ater supply of the Canal Com-
li pany in case the Niagara Palls Pov/er Company should be a.o-
j! oused of having damaged the supply of the Canal Oompanyi
This has been fully met and in the most satisfactory manner
j| by naming lands of the Canal Company, both on the main land
|| ^d in t Its river. I.. hold it . as .assent ial to the perfect
protection of the Power Co. that careful measurements should
i! be made from time to time of the water passing through tte
j| canal and also delivered frcm its lower end to the wheels;
I that you may be kept informed as thoroughly as t te Canal
: Company as to the actual quantity now passing into and
through that canal, both for your protection, and as giving
valuable information as to the friction of water in passing
. channels cut in the same rock as will be passed through in
j the prosecution of the present enterprise. The scheme for
I such proposed study of conditions can be presented later.
With so satisfactory an agreement as t o possible damages
and the mode of procedure in case any damage should be
claimed, I have in the light of other oommimi oat ions con¬
sidered tlie "safety of proceeding in the const motion and
i' ®
ji operation of the tminel as prq:)osed.”
II The danger of passing below the canal and the lia- I
|l bility of loss to the canal from leakage, has been carefully I
il considered, not only by me but all others vrho had expressed
I opinion on the scheme. The contract gives you the right
ij to run youjT tunnel v/ithin 80 feet of the bottom of the oan-
i| al ; in the proposed slope of titnnel, giving a grade of
|| seven-tenths of a foot to each hundred feet in length, v/e
jj reach the hydraulic canal with the roof of the proposed tun- |
!i nel fully 136 feet beSow tlie bottom of the canal, in rock
I, that has shov/n Itself solid and free from v^ater seams at '!
|: 30 feet from the top. |
ji On the plan submitted tome for consideration of
i; cost and reported on under dat:e December 17th, 1889, a large
;! amount of water is to be taken from -the river first by a
;| surface canal about 1700 feet above the mouth of the canal
|| and to the extent of say 160,000 cubic feet perTninute in
[j developing 20,000 horse power. Then by a second canal say
1400 feet above the first one, which canal passing through
the widest section of your land might be made to offer
I 24,000 horse pov^er v/ould require 192,000 cubic feet of v/ater
per -minute making a total of say 352,000 cubic feet per
minute dra\vn from the river below the Schlosser Rapids and
I from the channel lying betv/een Grass Island and the main
land .
Having located Grass Island on the plans, and cal¬
culated the section of the channel at the narrov^est point I
find that the water reaching the canals from above v/ill be
;| about 1,100,000 cubic feet of water per minute, from which
i we require 3Pj . Inasmuch as the first canal of your syste
I1.QS at the lower end of Grass Island, where it is I200
feet from the shore, it will be able to tahe its full sup¬
ply from the main stream. As Grass Island at the lower
.end is 1800 feet from Port Day and tiie water is nine feet
deep we can readily see that should the ice prevent any
water entering from the Rapids above Elizabeth Street, the
whole amount required would come to the canals at the speed
of only four-tenths of an inch per second.
Prom this consideration of the situation the chance
of trouble by reason of diminished vmt er supply to the Hy¬
draulic Canal, I. cannot but consider as very remote. To
carry out the first plan and const luct the first canal to
give power to mill sites furnished with 20,000 horse power
is seemingly without any risk whatever, and the further ex¬
tension of the scheme might tlsnbe carried out by a system
that would abandon from consideration the second cross canal
and in its place draw water from above the Schlosser Rapids.
My first estimates were based on tte plan submitted
to me, from which I deviated, only so far as to cheapen that
plan of construction. In the estimate I assumed the pre¬
servation Of the existing line of main streets. i am now
infomed that there will be no difficulty in having such
changes made in t he location of streets and roads as any
new system may show to be to the advantage of the enter¬
prise. The greatest objection to the plan already reported
on, is that it cirts up the land to bad advantage and gives
5
insufficient room for railroad system, and for yard room to
store oars and to drill freight trains. I have been assur¬
ed that the authorities will not object to so radical a
change as the removal of Buffalo Street to the other side of
the railroad, or at least to a line close to the property
of tlTS railroad, or in other words to the north boundary of
the property of the Company.
The removal of tMs wide street and the consequent
ji addition of its 100 feet in width to the available ground
will permit a plan not heretofore mapped out, recently sug-
gested by Captain Gaskill, namely to carry a canal inland
' from above Sohlossor Rapids and ttence down directly over
ij the line of t he main tunnel to such distance as may be deem-
j: ed profitable. This plan would have been mentioned in my
first report had I felt v/arranted to offer such a radical
: departure from the plan proposed by those who had the matter
Ij under consideration for some years. It will prevent any
possible litigation on account of v;at er suirply, as has been
verbally admitted by the ov/ners of t he Hydraulic Canal.
The most remote chance of litigation is worth avoidance, if
the plan to avoid it presents other advantages.
The greatest disadvantage in the first plan lies in
the need of crov/ding the mill sites on e.ach cross canal to
the occT^janoy of the whole width of the strip of land with
much useless space, between each cluster of mill sites, not
directly available for railroad purposes noruseful as yard
room for cars, unless the tracks be carried through the 50
foot streets between each pair of mill sites. This double
occupancy of such limited streets for carts and cars is not
de sirable .
I am so well convinced of the advantage of the nev^
disposition of the canals and mill sites, that I have with
care re-computed the v^hole enteirriae on the nevT basis,
thinking the perfect presentation as preferable to a state¬
ment of inoi'eased coat only, I nov; propose to shov/ that
while the first cost required to put 20,000 horse power in
the market is increased the further development that will
put 28,000 additional horSe power into the market vhll cost
per horse pov;er less than the plan which would have added
only 24,000 horse power to the available supply.
In my former report I advocated tlie purchase of ad¬
ditional laJid; such addition is not absolutely required
on the new plan but in view of the great changes to be made
in the streets euch purchase to place the whole tract in
your hands will be very advisable.
Estimate of cost of the single canal project. Eor
the main tunnel up to the point required tco give 20,000
horse pov/er, we have:
Open out at mouth ,
$23,
,000
.00
Driving tunnel 7,020 feet,
818
,660
.00
First shaft ,
16
,800
.00
Second shaft.
15,
,600
.00
Third shaft.
14:
,200,
.00
Overhaul ,
15.
,000,
.00
Masonry at portal ,
10,
,000,
.00
Total
$913,200.00
7
Porv/ard, |913,200.00
Outlet tunnels for 20,000 H. P. 3,190.00
Cost of canal v/ide enoiigh to give 48,000 H.P.
Rook excavation, 238,340.00
Earth excavation, 35,000.00
Cut Into river, 50,000.00
Rook out to pits, 1,500.00
Masonry on canal, 1(01,000.00
Drodded stone at gates, 10,000.00
Coffer dam at mouth, _ 20,000 .00 455,840.00
In sinking one pit to ;eaoh tvro mills and bringing
the power from the drums up into each mill site, the opera¬
tion of each mill will be separate from the other and econ¬
omy of construction will be reached:
Ten pits will cost, 157,500.00
Brick lining of pits, 25,000.00
Stone at top, 25,000.00 $207,500.00
Bids having been asked to give the pov;er in blocks
of say 1,000 horse power to each wheel under a head of 90
feet, I have calculated the cost of placing ten pairs of
v/heels in the ten pits, selecting data from what I consider
a high cost, the ten wheels to deliver 20,000 H. P.
Ten double wheels, 150,650.00
Cables to surface at 1st jack, 14,350.00
- $165,000.00
8
Total cost of first 20,000 horse power:
land ajid rights as per Mr. Stetson, including the addi¬
tional land, 551,000.00
Interest during const niot ion and
incidental expenses, 85,000.00
Main tunnel, 913,200.00
Outlet tunnels, 3,190.00
Main canal and masonry, 455,840.00
Ten pits, 207,500.00
Wheels and cables, 165,000 .OQ $2,380,730.
This sum, which covers the whole cost of the land
and all other expenses, except what may be incident to the
change of the line of the streets, represents a cost par
horse power of $119.03 as against 98.30 by the old plan.
This shows an increase of $20.73 per horse power, while the
next development v/ill show a decrease. To explain this I
will give the calculations as to a fiirther presentattion of
28,000 horse power as follows:
Additional main tunnel.
One driving shaft,
Outl at tunnel s ,
Inlets to pits.
Masonry to pits,
14 pits,
14 pr . wheels.
Cables, tScc . ,
$186,560.00
13,500 .00
6,500 .00
2,000.00
14,000.00
291,670.00
210,910.00
20,100 .00
jundrii
5,000.00
$750,240.00
9
I This gives for each horse power a cost of $26.80
j! which may be reduced one-sixth by reason of the use of your
jj own power in carrying on your ov/n driving. Making each
;; horse power cost $22.34, while by the time the 48,000 horse
|! power is in the market, the cost of each will be reduced to
j! $62.63.
' The further development of the pov/er above the en¬
trance of the big canal will be at much less cost as tis
size of the main tunnel will grow less and the-mills can be
fed in groups by short surface canals.
In giving the above cost of construction, I wish to
call your attention to one fact, not mentioned in my fontier
ji report and which is so important as to be a matter worth
the most careful presentation in calling attention to this
- magnificent scheme for using the pov/er of Niagara Palls.
|: All other water power companies have, as I have already
|i said, given the water to tte user and left him to settle
|| the question of how he can use that water to the best ad-
j| vantage. It is necessary in this enterprise to control
|| the methods of using the water, hence you rent not only
j| power, but you rent the wheels and the costly structure re-
jj quired to bring the power to the surface. You rent the
jj power ready for use as soon as the buildings have been put
j up. You v/ill in digging the canal quarry out large
amounts of good building stone which can be sold to the per-
I sons desiring to put up buildings. You have anple space to
I store such quarried stone, beyond what you v/ill use for your
ov/n purposes.
10
!: I have also considered the advisability of using
■| the water a second time at a head of say 30 feet after it
|i has passed the first pair of wheels and am ready to submit
!' plans for such use that will enable the lower wheels to be
run when the upper ones are stopped without loss of water,
ij r do not think it wise to make this public now, as the
j| system may be secured but I wish to advise an agreement
: with your leading employees that inasmuch as this scheme is i
; one involving matters of mechanical engineering that you I
; will hold to yourself the right to claim all inventions
that are applicable to the uses of the Company as your prop- ;
i orty having bean worked out in your ti?|ie. How to do this j
ji I can explain when required. i
|! In asking for the means to carry out this enterprise |
I think you should add to the sum named in the estimate at |
j| least $50,000.00 for the roads and matters incident to the
jl improvement of the land. In mapping out the new line of
|; canal I have to assume conditions that more careful con-
I sideration with tin property drav/n to a larger scale may
I make advisable. Such che.nges, however, will all be in the
j direction of diminishing the cost of construction to de¬
velop the first 20,000 horse power.
Herewith I submit map of the property with the ex¬
isting lines of streets and divisions of property laid do^m
but disregarding all such divisions I have drawn in a canal
starting above the Schlosser Rapids and proceeding in the
I fonti of a basin for perhaps 500 feet with a width of three
il
11
tandred feet to the upper end of the tapering canal. The
northern bank of this canal will be found t o bo parallel
with the lines of the railroad, leaving a strip of land 660
feet v/ide between the bank of the canal and the railroad
edge of the property. The property to the south of tte
canal will be about the same width at the widest place and
until filling has been done v;ill narrow down at ths tv;o ends
of the area. With the proposed filling above Port Day the
average width v/ill be 500 feet (aa<most double the v/idth of
the land owned by the Hydraulic Canal Company and measuring
that land from the bank of their basin to the edge of t he
bluff). The basin formed by the canal and its end reser¬
voir to the east v/here the water enters from the river v/ill
give space for sufficient sites each with pits on the former
plan to utilize 48, COO horse power.
Hoping this report v/ill meet your approval, I am
Very respectfully,
Coleman Sellers .
go- ELESl'l^ie^L 'I'Egl' ipIg'l'l^lJ]VEE]^0:'g,
Sole Agenfa forTH. & H. DUBOSCQ, VERDIN, CROUCH, EDELMANH, SOCIE'TE' GENEUOISE, HARTMANN & BRAUN,
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO
DEPARTMENT No. 4,
Physios and Chemistry.
Mr. T. A. Edison
"‘'•^‘(Philadti, Pa . 1/R9/^ 0 .
D\ ^
A point has come up in our business. v/ith
reference to V/hioh we think possibly you nay bo able to f;ivo infer
-nation, if not asking too much. We have been told that at one of
the electrical exhibitions, either in that of Paris in '81 or in
the Philada Expo sit ion, you exhibited an insti-ument for measuring
potentials or currents, consi sting essentially of a stretched wire
enclosed in vacuum, the indications of which in current and poton-
-tial were proportional Jl^^heating effect. Can you tell us if
this was so and 'where we can find any reference to this form of
instrument. Any information you may give us on this sub;; oct
will be appreciated.
Jas. W. Queen & Co.
Per E.B.W.
Yours truly.
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Chas. Batchelor, Bsq.
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N,J«
Dear Sirl-
I have .just had the following message transmitted to you
over the telephone, which I now beg to oonflrmf--
7
"Can you send at once an Alternating Current Dynamo with
a man to -work it to Oolumbus, (wSo* He must report to
Geo. G. Allen, Neil House, Columbus, Ohio, This dynamo
is to be exhibited before a large conmittee of ,the Ohio
Legislature. The Edison Conpany will furnish the power
&C-. and we are advised tha^if our statements in regard
to this Alternating Curren4 are verified by experiments
we can carry the bill though the Legislature. You
therefore see how imporfe&t it is that it start at once
as the Committee meet oA Thursday."
Prom the above you will readily perceive the necessity
of giving the matter prompt ^entipn, which I trust will be recei¬
ved at your hands.
Yours very truly.
President.
Can yon send at onoe an alternatinc curi-ont dynamo wiTth' a
man to v,ork it to Ooluntous, Ohio? He mst report to SeorGO G.
Allen, Neil House, Colunhus. Dynamo is to be exiiibited before
a lai’ge Committee of the Ohio Legislature. ]!di son Company will
furnidi power &o., and we aro advised that if oui- statements in
regard to this alternating current ai-e verified by experiments,
we cai carry tte bill through the legislature. You therefore see
how important it is to start it at once, as Conmittoo meet on
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T. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
My dear Mr, Edison
I have to thank you very much for your letter to Mr,
Beggs of this city, who has kindly put me in the way of seeing all
Stations in New York.
Since I saw you I have been West to Chicago and have
seen most of the important installations and Electrical V.'orks on
this side of the Continent .
Might I ask you to be good enough to give me an intro¬
duction to the Manager of the Edison Works at Schecnectady, so that
I might have ah opportunity of seeing the construction of yoiir
grand system?
Believe me.
Yours truly,
IEsSEX (BroUKTY BSiliecipihikd (B®.,
OFFICE, 33 CONE STREET.
Orange. N. i
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■fDi'ctat ' ed,
V' ::.A|
Ttios . , A'. ■■ Edi G on ,: Esq'. , •■ '
; ^ ■' WonlOT .park, N. J.
My D.oar, Sir,;, .... .'i'. ' . , ' ■
; V/e are t rying . t o ’ save unruly boyn-, ' an
, pir.tb.aii. -Wa tove a farm,\'buildings' and, .foi'iy '■'iThira' ''
' ,is: a ^gr eat .pressure .'bf other .boyS;;tp
'Sf, money in our treasury: and,, tlv? uoinpLetl in', 'of '■ cifirftaildings. p;nV ,'
up fifty, or si.xty kerb';' .one lainpo, every
f ra.;ne bu ild ings and . are in c..oristant , '
■■ th e'' meanwhile',' v/e are ii'gh
•' .night to' 'usein the most fli:
' fear and. dread of fire. ;
, . w^ lvive an engine- of ari .horse power, ara , awpl.e, f opce for
: running ;.a anaiel ootrlo, plant .';I We, oann ot;ariOrd' to ^ tok,/
aM t wri„, to aot }„n,:.i,^for ^ ti’lS'iargeWona piotlnal
; wo*, just: in ato oeginniog; y i. AouannSoIihe to.pho np; j
•Aqf; one.: "s', [ y.\-[ V y-y':):.
\p: prAywafhy.witnwofnAo
I'oys, ana I aonot pelieve _,ou o» frna a plane whore it wouM take
a «.ore praotioal for. than V helpug this insti'tutioo in the way '
n;jw%t.an:;suohAAiifsS;y*^
hoynwho are newer tirea of hearing stones of yoiP inventions and of
the wonders yen have wrought. One of „„r e.pl oye's is a, fair oleo- ' ,
trioian, and if w, oan only, get tho ,„ter„l w-.oan.anago to 'to,', ‘
BURNHAM INDUSTRIAL FARM.
Canaan Four Corners. 2
COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. y. , >
the plant put, in crd,en', . . Can y oi not .see your way ■' clear .to, help
; '. in'.thisH? '. , . '' ■ i,' ^
Yours very truly,
Direct
A. 0, Tate, Esq. .Private Secretary,
Edison Labratory,
•Orange, N.J. ' '
Dear 'Sir;- .
I enclose you herewith copy of a letter dated
September 15tii,from S. Polack of Panama, concerning the whereabouts
of Prank Me Gowan,
Eno. I,
[ENCLOSURE]
(OOP?}
PanpjnSjS^i, i5th,1890.
Messrs. •Edig'on CeiieXi^l Biep'irio iight Colnpanj^,
New 'York.
Bea'i’' Sirs;^'
keferi'ihg 1(,o enclosed circular I beg ■e.p ’ad^vise you,
that I have nedp, inqjii'ries about Utr, Mo O'ovt'An here as we, 11 as in
Colon^but could not filid out ^anything about thd genilenan.
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Very truiy yours,
(signe4)i 3. Polaok.
[ENCLOSURE]
Panama , )
( 28th Pshruary, 1890.
Colon, )
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Messrs. - r - - -
Gentlenen,
We beg to Inform you that our -firm ceases to exist
from to-day.
We have authorized )®. SAMUEL POLACK, Agent of the Ham¬
burg American Packet Co., to collect all debts still owing us after
this date .
Thanking you for your valuable support- during -our busi¬
ness connection.
We remain, Gentlenan,
Yours respectfully,
Purth & Campbell, in Liq.
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to certain inplied contract obligations of Mr. McGowan.
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